Espresso Cupcakes

If you love coffee then you will absolutely love these cupcakes 🙂

I love coffee but I’m a bit of a lightweight and cannot handle anything too strong so I stick to my usual drinking coffee granules to make these cupcakes.

However if you are a bit more of a die-hard coffee drinker feel free to add another tablespoon to the recipe or even add some of your favourite flavoured coffee.

2 cups of Self Raising Flour

1/2 cup of Caster Sugar (or sugar substitute if you are sugar-free)

1 teaspoon of Cinnamon

1 1/4 cups of Milk

2 tablespoon of Coffee

60 grams of Butter (melted)

1 Egg

1 teaspoon of Vanilla Extract

1. Combine melted butter with caster sugar, coffee granules, cinnamon and vanilla extract.  Whisk until sugar is dissolved (2-4 minutes).
2. Add egg and milk and continue to whisk until mixture is light and fluffy.
3. Fold flour into the mixture one cup at a time.
4. Spoon batter into a prepared muffin tin.  Bake in a 180 degree oven for 20-25 minutes.  Allow to cool completely before icing.

I make a simple Cream Cheese Icing for these cupcakes.  Simply combine 2 heaped tablespoon of cream cheese with 1 cup of icing sugar and 1 teaspoon of milk in a small food processor.  Process until smooth.  For a mocha flavour add 1 teaspoon of cocoa.

Enjoy 🙂