ESPRESSO CHOCOLATE-CHIP CUPCAKES…Comfort with a cuppa coffee!
‘Espresso Comfort’…Coffee & Dark Chocolate
Here is where my two most comforting & favourite flavours meet…in these ‘Espresso Chocolate-chip Cupcakes’. Meeta’s Monthly Mingle this month calls for ‘Comfort Foods’ & comes just at the peak of winter, where the winds seem to be getting colder by the day.
Temperatures are at lows of almost 2 degrees C here in Gurgaon, & we are chilled to the bone. There was frost on the cars this morning & the kids were fascinated. I made these warming cupcakes today…just to get the better of the cold & with the MM in mind. They were really heart-warming & comforting straight out of the oven…warm with a hot cuppa coffee. I used a medium roast instant coffee & Ghirardeli dark chocolate chips…flavours right up my street!
With coffee beans sprinkled on top…adding kick to comfort!!
This is a fuss free recipe which results in just good taste & a light crumb. Its an adaptation of the cupcake recipe I use for my vanilla muffins. Simple, straight-forward & ever dependable!
Ingredients:
Flour – 2 cups
Baking powder – 2 tsp
Salt – 1/2 tsp
Butter – 1/2 cup
Sugar – 1 1/4 cup
Eggs – 2
Milk – 1 cup
Vanilla Essence / extract – 1 tsp
Instant coffee – 1 tbsp
Dark chocolate chips – 1/2 cup
On their way to the oven…
Method:
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Sift the flour + baking powder + salt together 3 times. Keep aside in a bowl.
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Line a muffin tray.
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Preheat the oven to 190 degrees C.
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Beat the butter & sugar for a minute.
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Beat in the eggs & vanilla till well incorporated.
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On low speed, beat in the flour & milk alternatively in 3 goes.
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On low speed, beat in the instant coffee for 1/2 a minute.
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Fold in the chocolate chips. Turn into muffin cases, 2/3 full, top with a few more chips & sprinkles if you like, & bake for 10 minutes.
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Add coffee beans on top & continue baking further for 10-15 minutes / until done.
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Remove from muffin tray & cool on racks.
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Delicious warm!
Colour of comfort…
Warming…whichever way you look at ’em!
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.
7 Comments
Oh for the love of food!
Hey there, thanks for coming by my blog and for all the lovely compliments – I really appreciate it. These muffins look awesome, I can imagine the beautiful aroma coming out of your kitchen as they were baking!
meeso
Coffee and Chocolate…what a perfect combination!!!
Arfi Binsted
Oh, I just baked first cupcakes of the year and I’m going to post it on weekend. Love this petite cake, and it’s so easy to make, isn’t it! Thank you for visiting me. Cheers, ab.
Nags
ohh that looks delish. i heard gurgaon is chilly, cuz my colleagues in the gur are always brrring whenver we meet over vc 🙂
do you get that muffin tray in india? i already tried looking for the muffin paper cups but food world didnt have them. raaga told me u do get them here.. hmm have to keep trying!
k
Hi,
The butter that you have specified, is the quantity mentioned for melted butter?
k
Meeta
Coffe and Chocolate are the perfect comfy combo. These look great!!
Poonam
Coffee adds that perfect bitterness! Your muffins are added on my to-do-list!