MUGSLIDE CUPCAKE

Bismillah ir-rahman ir-rahim

Assalam alaikum warahmatullah wabarakatu 

I was thinking coffee, chocolate a bit of swirled buttercream on top and you end with the most glorious dark chocolate cupcake! Look at it, my eyes are drooling. Hungry? Let's make some. Makes a serving of 10.

INGREDIENTS:

3 cups all purpose flour 

1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup brewed coffee

3 eggs

1/2 cup granular sugar

1/2 unsalted butter, at room temperature 

1 cup brown sugar

FOR BUTTERCREAM FROSTING:

3/4 cup unsalted butter 

3 cups sugar, sifted

4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted

6 tablespoons cocoa powder 

2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste or pure vanilla extract 

3 tablespoons brewed coffee 

FOR THE GARISH:

• Chocolate shavings. 

• Dark chocolate cappuccino sticks. 

COOK TIME... 

Now lets get down to it.

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two 10 cup muffin pans with paper liners or you can just medium cups. 

• In a medium bowl whisk flour, cocoa powder and baking soda together. In another small bowl, pour in the coffee. Set both aside. 

• Using a mixer, mix the cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time. Alternately add flour mixture and coffee to butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. 

• Using n ice-cream scoop with a retractable mechanism, fill liners about 3/4 full. Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes outclean. Allow cupcakes to cool for sever minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. 

In the mean time as the cupcakes cool, let's start on the butter cream frosting. 

BUTTER CREAM FROSTING:

• Beat butter until pale in colour. 

• Slowly add powdered sugar, coffee and frosting starts to come together. Add the cocoa powder and increase speed. Beat for several minutes until frosting is smooth and fluffy. 

• Pipe or spread onto the cupcakes and garnish with chocolate shavings or the cappuccino sticks if desired.

Serve and melt away. 😍😋