Mocha Latte Cupcakes

Name: Mocha Latte Cupcakes
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 118 milliliters butter; 118 milliliters butter, softened; 237 milliliters butter, softened; 237 milliliters Dutch process cocoa; 4 larges eggs; 1 Tbsp instant espresso; 24 servings Chocolate jimmies; 237 milliliters Paper baking; 454 grams package powdered sugar; 0 teaspoons salt; 1 teaspoons salt; 227 grams semisweet chocolate, chopped; 237 milliliters sugar; 473 milliliters fine granulated sugar or castor sugar; 1 teaspoon chocolate extract or vanilla extract; 1 teaspoon clear vanilla extract; 473 milliliters boiling water; 651 milliliters all-purpose soft-wheat flour; 237 milliliters whipping cream; 3 Tbsps whipping cream

The recipe Mocha Latte Cupcakes could satisfy your American craving in approximately 45 minutes. This dessert has 560 calories, 5g of protein, and 29g of fat per serving. This recipe covers 7% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 24. A mixture of powdered sugar, vanillan extract, chocolate jimmies, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so tasty.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

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Oven

Stir together boiling water, cocoa, and espresso until smooth; let cool. Beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy; gradually add sugar, beating well.

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Espresso

Butter

Cocoa Powder

Sugar

Water

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Hand Mixer

Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating until blended after each addition.

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Egg

Combine flour and next 3 ingredients; add butter mixture alternately with cocoa mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed until blended after each addition. Stir in chocolate extract.

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Chocolate Extract

Butter

Cocoa Powder

All Purpose Flour

Place paper baking cups in 2 (12-cup) muffin pans, and coat with cooking spray; spoon batter into cups, filling two-thirds full.

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Cooking Spray

Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks, and cool completely.

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Oven

To prepare Vanilla Frosting, beat first 4 ingredients at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add powdered sugar, beating at low speed until blended. Beat at high speed 2 minutes or until creamy. Make 3 cups.

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Vanilla Frosting

Powdered Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Frost each cupcake with Vanilla Frosting using metal tip no.

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Vanilla Frosting

Cupcakes

To prepare drizzle, cook butter and sugar in a 2-qt. heavy metal saucepan over high heat, stirring occasionally, until mixture is caramel-colored, about 4 to 5 minutes.

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Caramel

Butter

Sugar

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Sauce Pan

Remove from heat, and slowly add cream, stirring constantly until blended. Return to heat, and bring to a boil; cook 1 to 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Cool. Makes about 1 1/2 cups.

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Cream

To prepare ganache, cook cream in a heavy nonaluminum saucepan over medium heat, stirring often, just until it begins to steam (do not boil); remove from heat.

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Cream

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Sauce Pan

Place chocolate in a glass bowl. Slowly add hot cream to chocolate, beating with a whisk until chocolate melts and mixture is well blended. The mixture will thicken as it cools. Makes about 2 cups.

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Chocolate