Last night, I baked some mocha cupcakes for a party. They were pretty tasty, so I wanted to share with you.
I used a
basic chocolate cake recipe from Better Homes and Gardens. This
cook book has never steered me wrong and I highly recommend it. I thought about posting the recipe here, but just click on the link :) These cupcakes take about 15min to bake.
One thing I will add is that I scooped the batter into cupcake pans using a
cookie scoop to dish out the batter. We recently bought one of these using a wedding gift card and it is AMAZING. You can scoop cookies, muffins, cupcakes. Anything. One scoop is the perfect size for mini-muffins.
I then iced the cupcakes with coffee icing. This was the tricky step. I used
this recipe from Paula Deen for coffee buttercream frosting. I imagined big, fluffy frosting. It turned out rather thin, more like that glazey frosting that you see on sugar cookies. I added more and more powdered sugar before finally accepting fate and using what I had. But, it turned out rather good! I just dipped the cupcakes into the frosting and they ended up with a pretty, light-brown glaze. (although after some man-handling, they don't look quite as pretty in the picture below-consequences of a potluck I suppose)
Plus, I got to use my
dessert tower. Oh yeah.
