If there's one thing I'm completely hooked on at the moment it's Mochas. Up until recently I couldn't stand the thought of coffee but after being introduced to coffee cake and then iced coffees I can't get enough of the stuff. These little cupcakes are just enough to satisfy that coffee craving and they're so incredibly easy to make too!
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Makes 12
For the cupcakes
225g self-raising flour
225g light brown sugar
225g unsalted butter
4 eggs
2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/3 cup of cocoa powder
1 and a half teaspoons of espresso powder
Preheat your oven to 160 fan (or 180 for no fan) and line a 12 hole cupcake tin with paper cases. Throw all of the above in to my mixing bowl and mix together until it's combined. No messing or faffing, this can be a one bowl job. Bake for approximately 20 minutes. Once cooked, transfer to a wire rack to cool.
For the frosting
225g unsalted butter at room temperature
500g icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 and a half teaspoons of espresso powder
Once your cupcakes have cooled, you can then decorate them. Again, just chuck everything in to a bowl and combine. I like to make sure my frosting is super smooth so I add all my ingredients to a Magimix food processor and give it a good blitz in there before transferring to a piping bag. You might need to level the tops of the cupcakes to get a flat surface to pipe on, depending on what sort of rise you get. Next, pipe swirls or whichever design you fancy.If you're feeling extra fancy you could even top them with a coffee bean or a sprinkling of coca powder.
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