COFFEE TIME CUPCAKES.

Coffee cake may actually be my favourite cake in the world, and I don't even regret saying that (sorry chocolate cake!)  They almost feel healthy to eat. These easy fairy cakes taste incredible and are perfect for morning coffee! (..or afternoon coffee.. or evening coffee.. or just all the time..)

They are super moist, and full of flavour without being overpowering (for people who say they can't eat coffee cake because they don't like coffee, these have more of a warming hint of latte rather than full blown espresso!) and they only take about 30 minutes from start to finish.

They use normal cupcake ingredients, with an added tablespoon of coffee:

Cupcakes

4oz (100g) butter
4oz (100g) caster sugar
4oz (100g) self raising flour
2 medium eggs 

 1 tablespoon cold, strong black coffee
1 tsp vanilla extract

Coffee Buttercream

5oz (125g) unsalted butter
10oz (250g) icing sugar
1-2 tablespoons cold, strong black coffee (depending on how strong you like it)

Next, mix up all your ingredients:

In a large bowl, mix together the butter, sugar, flour and eggs, until all combined.

Add the coffee and stir well.

Place the mixture into a cupcake tray lined with paper cases, fill them about 3/4 to the top.

Bake for 15-20 minutes or until slightly brown and springy to the touch.

While the cakes are cooling on a wire rack, make the coffee buttercream, mix the butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy, then add 1-2 tablespoons of coffee, depending on how strong you like it, or what texture you want the cream.

Once the cakes are cool, slice a circle out of them and slice it in half, put a teaspoon of cream into the middle then put the halved tops in like fairy wings.

If you fancy more of a mocha cupcake, add in a small tablespoon of cocoa powder dissolved in water into the cake mix! Here's the printout.

I hope you enjoy these as much as I do!

Happy baking,