Chocolate Cupcakes With Coffee Cream Filling And Coffee Buttercream Frosting Recipe 55

CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES WITH COFFEE CREAM FILLING AND COFFEE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING RECIPE - (5/5)

Steps:

• 1.Preheat oven to 350°. Line 30 cups of 3 muffin pans with paper liners; set aside. 2.In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Add oil, coffee, and eggs; beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Stir in sour cream and vanilla. 3.Spoon batter evenly into prepared muffin cups, filling each two-thirds full. Bake for 16 to 18 minutes, or until a tester inserted in center comes out clean. Let cool in pans on wire racks for 5 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely on wire racks. 4.Spoon Coffee Cream Filling into a squeeze bottle with a long narrow tip. Insert tip into top of cupcake, and squeeze about 1 tablespoon of filling into center of each cupcake. Spread Coffee Buttercream Frosting evenly over cupcakes. Garnish with chocolate covered coffee beans, if desired. Coffee Cream Filling: 1 (8-ounce) container frozen chocolate flavored whipped topping, thawed 1 (3-ounce) package cream cheese, softened 1/4 cup coffee-flavored liqueur 1.In a small bowl, combine whipped topping and cream cheese. Beat at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in liqueur. Cover and chill. Make 1 1/4 cups. Coffee Buttercream Frosting: 1/2 cup butter, softened 3 cups confectioners' sugar 1/4 cup coffee-flavored liqueur 1.In a medium bowl, beat butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add confectioners' sugar, beating until smooth. Beat in liqueur. Makes 2 1/2 cups

CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES WITH CREAM CHEESE-OREO®-BUTTERCREAM FROSTING

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease two 12-cup muffin tins or line cups with paper liners.
• Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, espresso powder, cinnamon, and salt together in a bowl. Whisk in white sugar and brown sugar.
• Beat eggs, water, and vanilla extract together in a separate bowl. Add sour cream and oil and beat well. Add egg mixture to the bowl with the flour mixture and mix well until no dry spots remain. Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 18 to 20 minutes. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place cream cheese and butter into the bowl of a stand mixer and cream together until smooth. Add vanilla extract and mix. Add confectioners' sugar and mix on medium-low speed; whip into a firm consistency, 2 to 5 minutes. Frosting will thicken as you whip. Add milk 1 tablespoon at a time to thin if necessary.
• Crush whole cookies into crumbs in a food processor. Mix cookie crumbs into frosting using a rubber spatula. Chill frosting in the refrigerator for about 15 minutes before piping onto cooled cupcakes.

CREAM FILLED CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line 36 muffin cups with paper liners.
• In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and 1 teaspoon salt. Make a well in the center and pour in the eggs, 1 cup milk, water, oil and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Mix well. Fill each muffin cup half-full of batter.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
• Make filling: In a large bowl, beat butter and shortening together until smooth. Blend in confectioners' sugar and pinch of salt. Gradually beat in 3 tablespoons milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla. beat until light and fluffy. Fill a pastry bag with a small tip. Push tip through bottom of paper liner to fill each cupcake.