Has it ever happened to you, that you try out something new & start wondering… why you never tried it before? It just reminds me of the famous scene from the evergreen Malayalam movie Nadodikattu where Mohanlal's character asking Srinivasan “eda Vijaya, entha namukku ee budhi nerathe thonnanjathu?” to which Srinivasan's character replying “Dasa, oroninnum athintethaya samayamundu mone”. Ohhh how I miss Malayalam movies of those days! (For my non-Kerala friends, in short: “There's a time for everything”). Anyways, let's come back to our cupcake. After having the very first bite of this cupcake, I was asking myself why I never tried baking something that has a strong coffee taste before? Looks like now is the right time. Anyways, as I always say… better late than never!
I'm presently in a cupcake baking spree & I ended up with this one day. I was happy with its taste, texture n looks too :) I hope you too will like it. Go ahead, bake it & enjoy!
Here is the recipe:
Ingredients
- 2 Eggs ( @ room temp)
- 125 gms Unsalted Butter (softened)
- 1 cup Caster Sugar (substitute given below)
- 1/2 cup Milk (room temp)
- 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
- 2 tbsp Instant Coffee Powder
- 2 cups Self-Raising Flour (substitute given below)
- 1/2 cup Chocolate Chips (you can use semi sweet or milk choc chips)
Icing
- 1.5 cups Icing sugar
- 125 gms Butter (softened)
- 1 tsp Instant Coffee Powder
- Choc Chips (to decorate)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 C, 10 mins before baking. Line a 12-cupcake pan with cupcake liners. In a medium sized bowl, lightly beat the eggs, add butter & sugar, then mix until light & fluffy. Add milk, flour, vanilla essence & instant coffee, stir to combine. Beat with an electric mixer for 2 mins until light & fluffy. Stir through the choc chips.
- Divide the mixture between the prepared cupcake tin. Bake for 18-20 mins until risen & firm to the touch. Cool for a few mins, then transfer to a wire rack to cool fully before icing.
- Icing
- Mix together the icing sugar, butter & coffee until well combined, then beat until light & fluffy. Use a piping bag fitted with a nozzle of your choice to pipe the topping onto the cupcakes. You can also spread the icing on the cupcakes using a knife. Decorate with choc chips.
- Substitution for self raising flour: to get 1 cup self-raising flour, add 1 1/2 tsp baking powder+ 1/4 tsp salt to 1 cup all purpose flour. (source: http://www.joyofbaking.com/IngredientSubstitution.html)
- Substitution for caster sugar: to get 1 cup caster sugar. process 1 cup granulated sugar (usual sugar) in a food processor/mixer until fine, but don’t powder it like icing sugar. (source: http://www.joyofbaking.com/IngredientSubstitution.html)
What is the substitute to get gluten free flour
Hi Thankam,
I’m sorry I’m not very familiar with the gluten free substitutes :(
Hi Swetha,
I havent tried this cake without eggs, so I’m not sure about substituting. However if you are looking for eggless baking recipes, please have a look at the recipes below:
https://mariasmenu.wpcomstaging.com/recipes/eggless-baking
Hi Maria…I tried these cupcakes. They were welcome change from the extra sweet and chocolatey ones i make. I initially didnt like the coffee hitting my taste buds but eventually could not stop eating them
Hi Melisha,
Good to know that this cupcakes worked out well for you. Yeah, if you are not used to coffee in baked goodies, it might take some getting used to..
Anyways, I’m glad in the end it worked out for you :)
Thanks for the comment!
Cheers
Maria
Hi Maria,
Thank you for this simple and easy recipie, this was my first try in Baking and it came up well. My daughters like cup cake very much.
Regards
Bosco Abraham
Hi Bosco,
Great to know that you got in your first baking attempt itself :) Thanks a lot for trying this and for the comment too..
Btw, I’ve posted a few other cupcake recipes as well. Hope you get to bake them for your daughters :)
Cheers
Maria
Hi Uma,
First of all, sorry for the delayed reply. I was on a small holiday & didnt check the mails regularly.
About your query… I havent tried it as a cake, but I guess you can do it. I usually make cupcakes with normal cake recipes, so I think the reverse should also work ;) Btw, the baking time might be different.
Hope you will like it.
Cheers
Maria
Maria, can I make this as a regular cake? I dont have the tray for cupcakes and wanted to try this rightaway…
Turned out really yum! Thanks for the recipe …
You are welcome Smitha :) Thanks for the comment!
Cheers
Maria
Hi Chechi, I am a great fan of your blog. I’ve tried out several recipes of yours. Even blogged about a few of them on my blog – http://mjskitchenthrills.blogspot.com/. I tried out this cupcake today and it came out amazingly well. Here’s a pic of my daughter enjoying it.Â
Keep up the good work! Looking forward to your book :)
Hi Michelle,
Thank you so much! Your daughter looks so cute, God Bless! I’m really happy when the recipes are liked by little ones :)
Best wishes for your blog dear!
Cheers
Maria
hi maria,
i baked these today…i love coffee and chocolate,so i knew this was a hit even as i read ur recipe…they were so heavenly…thanks for this recipe..i will definitely bake ’em again…and to add,nadodikkattu is like my family’s favourite movie….so it brought back memories when i read your post..Â
Hi Bins,
I’m glad that your cupcakes came out well. Thanks for the comment :) Nadodikattu is one of my all time fav movies, its kinda impossible not to like it, right :)?
Cheers
Maria
The cupcakes look great. Yup..! Nothing can beat great mocha cupcakes. Lovely..!!
Thank you so much Anzz :)
Wow Maria… Amazing as always!
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 It’s my daughter’s birthday tomorrow. I found the perfect thing for her… She loves coffee and cupcakes…This is the combo… :)
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Thanks so much dear!
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Hugs,
Kavita
Hi Kavita
Belated b’day wishes to your daughter. Hope she had a great day. So did you bake this for her, if so I do hope the b’day girl liked it :)
Cheers
Maria
These look so good Maria.I am a fan of coffee flavor in baking too and always add a tsp of instant coffee powder to chocolate cake recipes even if the recipe doesn’t call for it.Love this!
Thanks Divs! Yeah, I’ve noticed that you use coffee regularly in your baking, I guess I’ll also do the same from now on :)
Cheers
Maria
Looks yummy Maria!!!!me feeling like gobbling it right now….
Will try this for sure.
Thanks Manju! Please do try it, I’m sure you will like it :)
Cheers
Maria
These look soooo good, especially because I’ve been having a major chocolate craving this week! Love the photograph, it’s going to be what I dream about tonight ;)
so did you have a sweet dream ;)? Thanks for the comment!
Cheers
Maria
thank you Maria ! yesterday only I bought  chips to make this and was searching for a recipe
Hi Deep,
So did you get a chance to bake these cupcakes? If so, I hope you liked them :)
Cheers
Maria
wow, those cupcakes look absolutely gorgeousÂ
Thanks Priya!
nescafe cupcake aano? icing n pic looks yum! reminds me of havin a tiramisu soon thinkin abt somethin i like in coffee..
Thanks di! yeah nescafe cupcake… so did you have tiramisu?
Cheers
Maria
Wow !! Like u wrote I was also wondering the same,how come I never visited sich a popular page before ??Maybe ellathinum athintethaya samyam undakum :) I will be following u from now onwards.
Hi Anamika,
Thank you so much for dropping in here! so now was your time to visit this small space of mine :) Hope you like what you see here.
Best wishes!
Cheers
Maria
cupcakes looks very yum..and the ee same mohanlal-srini dialogue enteyum fave aanu…the rendered it in a very natural way…
Thanks Ramya! yeah that scene never fails to bring a smile on my face :)
I love coffee cake…. nice recipe Maria…. and lovely click!
Thanks Swapna :)
First! :) Will get around to this soon, but first the white chocolate one.
Malayalam movies of that time was smthng else alle,
okies, so try the white choc n then try this :) yeah, Mal movies of that time were simply great!
Cup cake ugran aayittundu Maria! Looks superb! Your write up made me smile. yeah there is a time for everything. Love those old movies. Enjoy!!
Thanks Rinku dear :)
Looks  amazing,wait  till  i try this and  eat this
Thanks Sapna! Btw, did you bake this, how was it?
Cheers
Maria
Hello!
Was just wondering what tip you used for piping out the icing ?!
-Sajna
P.S… Needles to say lovely post and awesome foto, as usual :D
Hi Sajna,
Thanks dearie :) Now, about the tip question… that’s a bit tough, because I was in a hurry & I was trying out different tips. However my guess is its Wilton 2D.
Cheers
Maria
 Wokay! Thanku :D