Coffee Cupcakes with Smooth Cream Frosting

Step-by-step method

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You're in for a delightful coffee-flavored treat that comes together in about an hour and a half. The main action involves creaming butter and sugar, mixing dry and wet ingredients carefully, then baking the cupcakes while you whip up a smooth coffee-vanilla frosting. The most satisfying part is piping the frosting on the cooled cupcakes and decorating with chocolate coffee beans and shavings.

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Wet ingredients

Preheat the oven to 180 °C. Beat the softened butter with the sugar and eggs using a mixer. You'll get a beautifully creamy, fluffy yellow mixture that everyone at home loves to sneak a lick of.

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150 gram
Unsalted Butter

150 gram
Granulated Sugar

3 piece
Chicken Eggs
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Dry ingredients

In a bowl, mix together the dry ingredients – flour, salt and baking powder. It's important to mix them thoroughly so the baking powder is evenly distributed through the batter.

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180 gram
All-purpose wheat flour

3 gram
Salt

12 gram
Baking Powder
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Combine everything

Mix the dry ingredients into the yellow butter base, then add the lukewarm strong coffee and vanilla extract. Mix thoroughly again, and right at the end, stir in about two to three teaspoons of ground vanilla coffee. It not only adds flavour and aroma but also looks lovely in the batter.

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20 gram
Vanilla Extract

10 gram
Ground coffee

30 milliliter
Coffee

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Fill the liners

Fill the paper liners, set inside a metal muffin tin, about 3/4 full with batter. Place in the preheated oven and bake for about 15 to 20 minutes.
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Let cool

Let the baked cupcake bases cool completely, then prepare the frosting. It's quite sweet, but that's just how this type of dessert usually is. Just don't overindulge – stick to one or two cupcakes and you'll be happy.
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Frosting

Whip the softened butter with the sugar and strong coffee, along with the seeds from one vanilla pod and some ground coffee. Chill in the fridge for a while.

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125 gram
Unsalted Butter

250 gram
Powdered Sugar

30 milliliter
Coffee

1 piece
Vanilla Bean

5 gram
Ground coffee
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Decorating

Fill a piping bag with the frosting and pipe it onto the cooled cupcakes. Finish by decorating the top with a chocolate coffee bean and chocolate shavings.

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20 gram
70% Dark Chocolate

50 gram
Coffee Beans

Coffee Cupcakes with Smooth Cream Frosting

Name: Dreamy Coffee Cupcakes with Cream Frosting
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 118 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 250 gram Powdered Sugar; 50 gram Coffee Beans; 180 gram All-purpose wheat flour; 20 gram Vanilla Extract; 275 gram Unsalted Butter; 3 gram Salt; 1 piece Vanilla Bean; 60 milliliter Coffee; 20 gram 70% Dark Chocolate; 3 piece Chicken Eggs; 12 gram Baking Powder; 150 gram Granulated Sugar; 15 gram Ground coffee

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Prep 20 min Cook 18 min

Plus 1 h 10 min of resting (not counted in active time)

13 Ingredients

7 Steps

Medium Difficulty

About this recipe

Right after that first sip, a plan for the perfect dessert started forming in my head – my all-time favourite cupcakes. This time with the flavour of my favourite drink – coffee. I never spend long thinking things over, I just dive straight into the kitchen. So I brewed a strong vanilla artisan coffee and got to work.

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Step-by-step method

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Wet ingredients

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Dry ingredients

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Combine everything

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Fill the liners

Let cool

Frosting

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Decorating

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Coffee Cupcakes with Smooth Cream Frosting

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