Coffee Chocolate Cupcakes

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Coffee Chocolate Cupcakes

Ingredients:
  • 3/4 cup butter
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1/2 cup strong brewed coffee, cooled
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • Chocolate frosting
Directions:
  1. Allow the butter and eggs to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. Grease and flour muffin cups, or line with paper bake cups. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
  3. Combine milk and coffee in a 2-cup measuring glass.
  4. Beat the butter with an electric mixer for 30 seconds and then gradually add sugar and continue to mix. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat well after each addition. Mix in the vanilla.
  5. Alternate between the flour and milk mixture and add these two mixtures to the butter mixture. Beat well between each addition.
  6. Spoon batter into muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
  7. Bake approximately 18 minutes or until the tops of the cupcakes spring back.
  8. Cool cupcakes in muffin tin on wire rack for 5 minutes and then remove from the muffin tin and cool completely.
  9. Top the cupcakes with frosting.
  10. Most of the recipes are taken from HERE!