Irish Coffee Cupcakes

Martha Stewart
Updated
Irish Coffee Cupcakes

Servings: 15

Ingredients for the Cupcakes:

  • 2 cup all-purpose flour

  • 1 tsp baking powder

  • ¼ tsp baking soda

  • ¼ tsp salt

  • ½ cup boiling water

  • 2 Tbsp instant-espresso powder

  • ¼ cup whole milk

  • 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature

  • ½ cup granulated sugar

  • ½ cup packed light-brown sugar

  • 2 large eggs

Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make the cupcakes: Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Pour water over espresso powder; let cool. Combine espresso with milk. Beat butter and granulated and brown sugars with a mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with espresso-milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour (batter may look broken).

  2. Fill 15 cups (of two 12-cup muffin tins) three-quarters full. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, 20 to 22 minutes. Let cool; turn out cupcakes from tins.

Ingredients for the Frosting:

  • 1 cup heavy cream

  • 1 Tbsp confectioners' sugar

  • 1 Tbsp whiskey

  • Instant-espresso powder, for dusting

Directions:

  1. Make the frosting: Whisk together cream and confectioners' sugar until medium peaks form. Add whiskey; whisk until slightly stiff peaks form.

  2. Top each cupcake with 2 tablespoons frosting; dust with espresso powder.

Cook's Note: If you don't have two muffin tins, bake these cupcakes in batches.

Source: Martha Stewart Living, March 2010

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