Delicious Mocha Cupcake Recipe
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This is one of my favorite cupcake recipes because it includes two of the foods I love, chocolate and coffee. Mix them together and you have a real treat.
If you love mocha flavor, and most do, you will treasure this recipe and reach for it often.
You can also change up this recipe by adding some walnuts to the batter and finely chopping some more walnuts to sprinkle on top of the whipping cream.
Please give this recipe a try. These cupcakes look so pretty displayed on a footed plate you will get lots of oohhs and aahhs.
Chocolate and coffee makes mocha, two of my favorite flavors. I prefer to whip my own whipping cream but in a pinch you could use the ready made whipping cream or the kind you spritz from a can.
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons instant expresso coffee powder
- 6 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 3/4 cup water
- 1 2/3 cup flour
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 tablespoons of milk
- 1 large egg
- lightly beaten
- 1 cup of whipping cream
- cocoa for dusting or chocolate sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line cupcake pans with 20 paper liners
- Place the coffee powder, butter, sugar, honey and water in a saucepan and heat gently until the sugar has dissolved. Bring to a boil then reduce the heat and let simmer for 5 minutes. Pour into a large heatproof bowl and let cool. When the mixture has cooled, add the flour and cocoa, mixing well. Place the milk and baking soda in a bowl and stir to dissolve, then add to the mixture with the egg and beat together until smooth.
- Spoon the batter into the paper liners.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes or until well risen and firm to the touch.
- Transfer to a wire rack and cool completely before topping with whipped cream
- If you are making your own whipping cream, add 1 cup whipping cream to your bowl and whip until soft peaks are formed. You may add about 2 tablespoons of powdered sugar if you like your whipping cream a little sweeter.
Footed Server
Display your works of art on a beautiful footed serving plate. Footed servers are not only used for cakes but you can display your cupcakes on them too! Plus, there are so many adorable footed servers on the market today. I'm sure you can find one you love.
The Definition of Mocha
According to Barron's Food Lover's Companion the definition of Mocha (Mo-Ka) is:
1. Originaly the word mocha referred to a very fine coffee grown in Arabia and shipped from Yemen's port of Mocha. Today, this strong, slightly bitter, coffee is still available but not quite so popular as it was in the 16th and 17th centuries.
2. A hot coffee and chocolate beverage.
I think of mocha as something with chocolate and coffee flavors and that is why I love this cupcake recipe.
My Favorite Tool is my Spatula- A must have in the kitchen
The spatula is a very handy kitchen tool. I use mine when baking and mixing but I also use a spatula when cooking in pans that I don't want to scratch. I have several different sized spatula's but the one I use the most is shaped a little like a spoon so that not only does it scrape the sides of my bowl but it can also be used to scoop ingredients out of the bowl.
Cupcake Liners
Remember when you could only find cupcake liners that were in pastel colors? Well, that has all changed and the variety of cupcake liners will astound you. Find some pretty cupcake liners for your next batch of cupcakes.
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Transport your cupcakes in style
After all your work in the kitchen, get your cupcakes to their destination all in one piece with the frosting in place. Plus, you won't mess up your car.
Electric Mixers
Baking is always easier with a mixer and this is the one I have. It took me 40 years to get it but I love it. I use it for just about everything and even have an attachment that grinds meat! The KitchenAid brand has been around for a very long time and is a trusted mixer. I still have a white KitchenAid that was a wedding gift over 50 years ago. It still runs perfectly but the bowl was too small for the big batches of cookies that I make....therefore, I saved until I could get my beautiful red KitchenAid. I still use them both!
