Best 6 Spice Cupcakes With Mocha Frosting Recipes

SPECIAL MOCHA CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, beat sugar, coffee, oil, eggs, vinegar and vanilla until well blended. In a small bowl, combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into coffee mixture until blended. , Fill paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full. Bake 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool., For frosting, in a microwave, melt chips and butter; stir until smooth. Transfer to a large bowl. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar and enough coffee to reach desired consistency. Pipe frosting onto cupcakes. Top with sprinkles; gently press down.

MOCHA CUPCAKES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350. Line 14 to 15 muffin cups with cupcake liners and set pan aside.
• Combine the flour, cocoa powder, espresso powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium mixing bowl and stir together. (These are your dry ingredients.) Set aside.
• Combine the sugar, melted butter, and oil in a large mixing bowl and stir well to combine. Add the eggs and vanilla and mix vigorously.
• Stir half of the dry ingredients into the sugar-butter mixture until just incorporated. Mix in half of the coffee.
• Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl, then mix in the remaining dry ingredients and the remaining coffee. Stir until smooth. (The batter will be very thin.)
• Divide batter evenly between the prepared muffin cups, filling each cup about 3/4 full. Bake 18 to 22 minutes, until a cake tester inserted into the center of the cupcakes comes out clean.
• Let cupcakes cool in pans for 15 minutes, then carefully remove from the pans to cool completely on a wire rack before frosting them.
• Place the butter in a medium mixing bowl and beat with an electric mixer until very smooth. Add 4 tablespoons of milk, the cocoa powder, espresso powder, vanilla, and salt and beat to combine.
• With mixer on low, gradually beat in 2 1/2 cups of the powdered sugar. Turn mixer to medium and beat until frosting is smooth. Add add additional powdered sugar if frosting is too thin; if it's too thick add additional milk.
• Spread or pipe over the cooled cupcakes, then serve and enjoy.

SPICE CUPCAKES WITH MOCHA FROSTING

Steps:

• In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg and molasses. Combine the flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg; add to creamed mixture alternately with buttermilk. , Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., In a small bowl, combine confectioners' sugar and cocoa. Stir in the coffee, butter and vanilla until smooth. Frost cupcakes. Garnish with coffee beans and candies if desired.

MOCHA FROSTING

Steps:

• Stir warm milk and coffee powder in large bowl until the coffee dissolves completely.
• Whisk confectioners' sugar, melted butter, cocoa powder, and vanilla extract into the milk mixture until no clumps remain and you have a smooth frosting.

SPECIAL MOCHA CUPCAKES

Steps:

• In a small mixing bowl, combine the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt. In a small bowl, mix the eggs, coffee, oil, vinegar and vanilla.
• Add to dry ingerdients; mix well.
• Fill paper-lined muffin cups three-fourths full.
• Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool.
• For frosting, in a small microwave-safe bowl, melt chips; stir until smooth.
• Add butter; beat until blended.
• Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar and coffee.
• Pipe frosting onto cupcakes.
• Top with sprinkles; gently press down.

RED DEVIL'S FOOD CUPCAKES WITH MOCHA COCOA FROSTING

Steps:

• For cake, preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Spritz cupcake pans with nonstick baking spray or line with cupcake papers.
• Place cocoa in a small bowl.
• Add water, slowly stirring, until well blended and smooth.
• Set aside until lukewarm.
• In a small bowl, mix flour, baking soda and salt.
• In medium bowl, cream butter and sugar with an electric mixer until fluffy.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time.
• Add the cooled chocolate mixture all at once, add vanilla and stir well.
• Add the flour mixture all at once and stir with a wooden spoon until smooth and patches of white disappear.
• Do not overmix.
• Using a measuring cup, dip out the batter and place in the cupcake pans; the cupcake pans should be about 3/4 full.
• Bake for 15 minutes or until a cake tester or toothpick comes clean when poked into the cakes.
• When cooled, frost with mocha frosting (recipe below).
• Makes about 18 2 1/2 inch cupcakes.
• For frosting, remove lumps from both sugar and cocoa by placing the measured ingredients into a sieve set over a bowl; push and rub with the back of a spoon or rubber spatula.
• Using an electric mixer, cream the butter until smooth.
• Add the vanilla and salt.
• Add the sugar all at once and mix until almost blended.
• Beat in as much of the coffee as needed to make a smooth, spreadable frosting.
• Makes 1 3/4 cups or enough to frost 18 cupcakes generously.
• Tip: If the cupcakes are going into a lunchbox or picnic basket, cut them in half, sandwich the frosting in the middle and wrap in wax paper or plastic wrap.