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Cute coffee cupcakes
Makes Cakes
Easy
Total time:
Coffee cupcakes with a choice of icings!
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For the cupcakes
- 100g Self-Raising flour
- 115g Golden caster sugar
- 40g butter
- 50ml Milk
- 1 tbsp instant coffee granules + 1 tbsp water
- 1 egg
For Mascarpone icing
- 250g Mascarpone
- 42g golden caster sugar
- 1 tbsp instant coffee granules + 1 tbsp water
For Coffee butter cream icing
- 80g butter
- 10ml milk
- 1 tbsp spoon instant coffee granules + 1 tbsp water
Method
step 1
Get all the refrigerated ingredients out before making. Preheat the oven to gas 4. Combine the coffee granules and water and set aside to cool.step 2
Cream together the butter and sugar with an eletric hand whisk then add the flour, milk and egg. Beat everything togther on a low setting until combined, but do not over mix or the cakes will become dense!. stir in the cool coffee until combined with the other ingredients. Spoon the mixture into cupcake cases and bake for 20 minutes or until springy to the touch and a skewer comes out clean. Cool on a cooling rack before icingstep 3
For both the types of icing simply combine all the ingredients together and beat using an electric hand whisk.step 4
Grate a little milk chocolate on the mascarpone icing for extra sweetness!
