Cappuccino Cupcakes
Love coffee and chocolate? then you'll love these cappuccino cupcakes, one of ten cupcake recipes in the april 2006 issue of the australian magazine 'super food ideas'.
Steps
Preheat the oven to 180c and line a 12-hole flat-based cupcake or patty pan with paper cases.
Dissolve the coffee in 1 tablespoon of hot water in a small jug and stir in the butter.
Using an electric hand mixer , beat the egg and sugar in a medium-sized bowl until pale and thick.
Sift the flours together over the egg mixture and using a large metal spoon , gently fold in until just combined.
Gently stir in the coffee mixture and the grated chocolate.
Half fill each paper case with the mixture and bake for 15-18 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of one of the cupcakes comes out clean.
Leave the cupcakes standing in the pan for 10 minutes , then transfer them to a wire rack to cool.
Using an electric mixer , beat the cream until it is thick.
Sift the drinking chocolate and cocoa over the cream and fold it through the cream to create a marbled effect.
Spoon the cream mixture over the cupcakes , dust with extra cocoa and top each cupcake with a chocolate-coated .
Ingredients
instant coffee powder, butter, egg, caster sugar, self-raising flour, plain flour, dark chocolate, cream, drinking chocolate, cocoa powder, chocolate-covered coffee beans