Chocolate Cupcakes With Coffee Buttercream Recipes

CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES WITH COFFEE BUTTERCREAM

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350. Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt into a bowl.
• 2. In another large bowl, whisk together sugar, egg, oil, sour cream, and vanilla until well mixed.
• 3. Stir or whisk a third of the dry ingredients into sugar mixture until just mixed.
• 4. Next, stir or whisk in half of the buttermilk until just mixed.
• 5. Repeat this step ending with the dry ingredients.
• 6. Spoon batter into lined cupcake pans 2/3 full.
• 7. Bake for 17 minutes.
• 8. Let cool.
• 9. For the Coffee Buttercream: Using a stand mixer or hand mixer beat butter and 5-6 cups of sifted powdered sugar until creamy but stiff.
• 10. Add coffee.
• 11. Beat until spreading or piping consistency. It should be creamy but stiff enough to pipe or spread and hold shape. You may need to add a little more powdered sugar.
• 12. Pipe or spread buttercream onto cooled cupcakes and enjoy.

CHOCOLATE-ORANGE CUPCAKES WITH PISTACHIO BUTTERCREAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 12 muffin cups with shortening using a paper towel and dust with about 1 teaspoon flour or line with paper liners.
• Combine 1 1/2 cups flour, white sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat 1 cup cold water, olive oil, orange juice, and vanilla extract into flour mixture on medium-low speed until batter is just combined, about 2 minutes. Fold orange zest into batter. Pour batter into prepared muffin cups, 2/3-full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into a cupcake comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Transfer cupcakes to a wire rack to cool completely, about 30 minutes.
• Beat butter in a bowl using an electric mixer in medium speed until fluffy, about 1 minute. Slowly pour confectioners' sugar into creamed butter and beat until incorporated, about 2 minutes. Beat pudding mix into butter mixture until just combined. Add water, 1 tablespoon at a time, until desired consistency of icing is reached. Ice the cooled cupcakes; garnish with grated chocolate.