A delicious coffee infused chocolate cupcake topped with a rich espresso buttercream frosting. These flavorful little treats will have your taste buds singing.
Where’s my coffee? Oh yea – I used it in my cupcakes! I really need my daily caffeine fix, so I guess I’ll be having Chocolate Espresso Cupcakes instead, poor me, NOT! It’s my breakfast and coffee all rolled into one, it doesn’t get much better than this.
Last week we had so much rain that the kids were stuck inside, so we decided that it would be a great time to do some baking. The kids wanted to make cupcakes, from a box, so I decided that I would give them a food challenge, hopefully to add a little pizzazz to the mix.
Simple Chocolate Espresso Cupcakes
The kids chose wanted to make chocolate cupcakes, so I challenged them to go through the cupboards and find something that goes well with chocolate. They came up with a lot of really good ideas, mixing chocolate chips in the batter, filling them with pie filling, topping them with fresh fruit but the best one they came up with was using some instant espresso coffee. Apparently my children have developed very sophisticated palettes because these were AMAZING!!!!
Chocolate Espresso Cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- 1 tablespoon instant espresso coffee
Frosting
- 1/2 cup shortening ex. Crisco
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 tablespoon instant espresso coffee
- 4 cups confectioners sugar
Instructions
Cupcakes
- Prepare cake mix as directed. Stir in espresso powder and bake according to the package directions.
- Cool completely on a wire rack before frosting.
Frosting
- On medium-high speed, beat together the shortening and butter until fluffy.
- In a small bowl, mix together the vanilla, milk and espresso powder, stirring until the powder is completely dissolved.
- On medium speed, slowly add the vanilla mixture to the butter mixture. When combined, gradually add the sugar, continue mixing until light and fluffy.
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Khammany says
Hi! These cupcakes looks scrumptious and the recipe looks super easy! Thanks for visiting me at Sweet Inspired Home. I'm a new follower! Can't wait to see more yummy things on your blog.
Khammany
Savannah says
Yum! Those look delicious. I will have to try them
Marilyn Clark says
This is my kind of recipe, easy and I bet YUMMY!:)
thewordybaker says
Chocolate cakes definitely taste better with coffee! These look great!
hopeallie says
These look amazing and EASY! Pinned it!
Allison
Melinda Collazo says
These look amazing!! 🙂
Theresa says
Hi Robin, These look amazing! I can't wait to try your recipe. Feel free to share at my party anytime too if you like. All my best, Theresa @DearCreatives
Kennedy says
These look and sound amazing. I pinned.
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Suzie Wiseman says
These look amazing. I'm going to have to try this recipe.
Suzie @
Dorothy Sue and Millie B's too
Leslie Stewart says
Thank you for sharing your cupcakes at my party. Stop by House on the Way tomorrow to see them featured!
Leslie
Jann Olson says
Chocolate and espresso, some people would die for this! Thanks for sharing with SYC.
hugs,
Jann
Kathy A Delightsome Life says
Yum, this sounds perfect! The two most favorite flavors – chocolate and coffee! They look gorgeous! I am delighted that you shared with Home and Garden Thursday,
Kathy
Lori WhoNeedsaCape says
Love coffee & chocolate together…YUM!!! Your frosting is beautiful, very cute! Found your post over at Memories by the Mile 🙂
Lori
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