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CAPPUCCINO MUFFINS…got ’em right the second time!

2009/02/19 / 30 Comments
“Actually, this seems to be the basic need of the human heart in nearly every great crisis – a good hot cup of coffee.”
Alexander King
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Grab a cuppa coffee & make these delicious muffins. If you know me by now, coffee rules my life. It’s the best thing that’s happened to me, & is my biggest stress buster! Don’t know if it’s good or bad, but the kids now enjoy the flavour of coffee in baked goods, & it isn’t rare to see the boy chomping the occasional coffee bean with great gusto. That I cannot do, but he can!Capuccino+Muffins+Nic
“Caffeine is my shepherd; I shall not doze.
It maketh me to wake in green pastures:
It leadeth me beyond the sleeping masses.
It restoreth my buzz:”
I wanted to make muffins but I wanted something radically simple, something I hadn’t done before. After umpteen stops here & there, I sneaked into Nics @ Cherrapeno in the UK. I often check out her blog before going a step further. Capuccino+Muffins+Nic4She has GREAT ideas, & gorgeous pictures – enough to give me an instant dose of inspiration. Also, she has 2 lads & is always making yum stuff to keep them happy. So I stumbled on her post of Cappuccino Muffins. YES…exactly what I wanted to make, & these were so E A S Y! She included an interesting anecdote about how she knocked over the lava lamp she had gifted her lad on his birthday, & made these muffins to placate him. capuccino+muffins+nic2He he, I was chuffed that I got away without breaking the lava lamp my daughter has been wanting for the last 2 years…I never bought it in the first place, & then eventually the daughter forgot. Mighty pleased with myself I hurried & took notes of the recipe, put it all together, spooned the batter into cases, & opened the oven door to shove in the tray. That’s when it hit me! 2009 01 201There was no raising agent in my poor muffins. Obviously everyone & everything needs a little help to rise (no pun intended, LOL) & so did these!!! Too late I thought & shoved them in, in desperate hope that they would rise against all odds, & they obviously didn’t! Left them on the counter, as FLAT as they were. My good children came back from school & had a nibble voluntarily. They said they were alright, a bit bready, but tasted nice anyway, & had seconds too. I hung around suspiciously, but they chomped the bread-like creations down & went on to glug their glasses of milk etc! HUH? How nice the kids were! Capuccino+Muffins+Nic1Not to be deterred by my stupidity or daunted by the experience, I went back to check the recipe & found that I had misread SF flour as AP. #$&*#$&*!!! With most of them muffins gone by the next morning, I made another batch, & this time frosted a few for my loyal tasters! Yes, now these rose, proving that baking powder does indeed play a role in the life we’ve been raised into!! LOL!Capuccino+Muffins+Nic5
CAPPUCCINO MUFFINS

Recipe from Nic @ Cherrapeno
Makes approx 11-12 medium sized muffins
Ingredients:
2 cups self raising flour
3/4 cup vanilla caster sugar (or plain caster sugar and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract)
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons instant coffee powder
1/2 cup butter
1 egg
1 small bag chocolate chips (100g)
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Method:
Preheat the oven onto 375º F / 180ºC.
Melt the butter in a small saucepan and leave to cool. In a large mixing bowl, combine flour and sugar.
Crack the egg into a medium sized bowl and add the milk and coffee granules and stir until the coffee is dissolved. Pour this coffee mixture onto the flour/sugar and add the melted butter.
Stir until just combined. Fold in the chocolate chips. Fill the muffin cases with the mixture, do not over-fill, you want the cases to be about 2/3 full.
Bake for 15-20 minutes, until springy to the touch. Cool in the tin for about 5 minutes before putting the muffins onto a wire rack to cool.

Collages13Cappuccino Curd Cheese Cream Topping
(This is my recipe. Nic has a luxurious mascarpone Cappuccino Topping on hers)
Ingredients:
1/2 cup curd cheese (made from hanging yogurt for 24 hours)
1/4 cup low fat cream
3-4 tablespoon vanilla caster sugar (or plain caster sugar and ½ teaspoon vanilla extract)
½ teaspoon instant coffee powder
¼ cup chocolate chips (I forgot all about these :0( )
Method:
In a medium bowl, whip all the ingredients except chocolate chips until smooth.
Add chocolate chips and spread onto muffins. Capuccino+Muffins+Nic3

Enjoy with a cuppa coffee. As Nic said, these taste very good warm! Thanks a TON for a keeper of a recipe!!

Posted by Deeba @ PAB

About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.

30 Comments

  • Asha

    2009/02/19 at 5:12 pm Reply

    My kids don’t like the coffee flavor at all in anything but we adults would love these, looks yum! :))

  • Gloria

    2009/02/19 at 5:20 pm Reply

    Dear Deeba I think you are the Queen of the pics of blogger world, I love your pictures and these muffins look wonderful, really!!! xxGloria

  • Poornima Nair

    2009/02/19 at 6:11 pm Reply

    That looks so yummy…I too love the coffee flavour in anything and everything…the muffins look great…I’m gonna make this soon…such an easy recipe:)

  • Pavani

    2009/02/19 at 7:19 pm Reply

    Love the pics Deeba and those muffins look scrumptious. I’m not a big fan of coffee, but I’m going to try these for hubby.

  • Snooky doodle

    2009/02/19 at 7:57 pm Reply

    oh Deeba these are my weak point. coffe and chocolate is my favourite and a coffee is my wake up call. These look heavenly Wish I can just grab one. Do you have a recipe for Tiramisu i really like it. I ll be posting a coffee recipe soon if you re interested 🙂

  • Manggy

    2009/02/19 at 8:24 pm Reply

    Glad to hear your unwitting science experiment worked… Baking powder is important! Ha ha ha. Looks fab. Now, I wonder if the young one reads this blog and remembers the lamp…

  • Gera @ SweetsFoods

    2009/02/19 at 9:13 pm Reply

    Deeba chocolate and coffee always make me supper happy 🙂
    Irresistible muffins …the photos are gorgeous!!

    Cheers,
    Gera

  • Reeni♥

    2009/02/20 at 12:44 am Reply

    Those are so beautiful! I would of ate the ‘flat’ ones too! I bet they were still delicious.

  • Nachiketa

    2009/02/20 at 7:05 am Reply

    You add a whole new meaning to the word “passionate”….

    Just love your enthusiasm….

    The muffins look awesome…. 🙂

  • Priya

    2009/02/20 at 11:57 am Reply

    Hi Deeba,
    I love your blog and it can be considered as a bible for beginners in baking like me..I am striving to master the art of baking like you someday…
    I just have a question..Please clarify.
    I have tried baking chocolate cake twice and both the times it was so bitter and I had to just throw them away..I read in the internet that there are 2 types of cocoa powder and the usage of wrong cocoa powder caused the bitterness.
    I am also from India and I just have the usual cocoa powder that we get the super markets..Is there a different variety of cocoa powder tat is available in India that I can use to bake chocolate cake? It would be really helpful if you can give some idea on this.
    Thank you in advance.
    Priya.

  • Happy cook

    2009/02/20 at 2:10 pm Reply

    Super delicious Deeba.
    Atleats the kids ate the first batch and cheers for youto making them again next day.
    I love coffee so i am sure i will love and adore this.
    I wull come over for this and you can come over for my ice cream 🙂
    Have a wonderful weekend.

  • Uj

    2009/02/20 at 2:20 pm Reply

    Love coffee flavour in muffins. Got to try these soon. BTW do they taste good without Icing. I am not comfortable yet to make the icing and also would love to keep it simple

  • Nicisme

    2009/02/20 at 3:02 pm Reply

    Oh those are little beauties, I LOVE the chocolate decorations on the top!
    I am so glad you all enjoyed them! You always make me laugh, ‘hanging around suspiciously’ – I’ve got a mental picture and it’s so funny!!
    Thanks so much Deeba.

  • Bunny

    2009/02/21 at 1:24 am Reply

    Deeba these are gorgous! I can’t tell you how many times I’v miss read a recipe cause I was in a hurry UGH!! Your first attempt tasted good though so it wasn’t a loss!!

  • Anna at Mediocre Chocolate

    2009/02/21 at 8:45 am Reply

    Your photography is beautiful, as are your layouts for the collages. I don’t even like coffee and I want to make these!

  • Olivia

    2009/02/23 at 11:57 pm Reply

    I just made some muffins similar to these but your’s look way better. I like the addition of caster sugar and curd cheese!

  • Olivia

    2009/02/23 at 11:57 pm Reply

    I just made some muffins similar to these but your’s look way better. I like the addition of caster sugar and curd cheese!

  • Proud Italian Cook

    2009/02/26 at 5:02 am Reply

    I love that coffee prayer, I feel the same way! These look tremendous! Have you gotten a food stylist job yet?

  • Disha

    2009/09/26 at 8:12 am Reply

    Just made these..They are in the oven..Batter tasted really good! Love the amount of coffee in this! Thanks for sharing the recipe! 🙂
    -Disha/ Fuchsia_D

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