Coffee Cupcakes
By Farah Seedat - STUDENT CHEF
INGREDIENTS
CUPCAKE:
1 & a ½ cups cake flour
3 large eggs
125g softened butter
¾ cup castor sugar
½ cup milk
3 teaspoon baking powder
2 teaspoon coffee (diluted in 2 teaspoon water)
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
GLACE ICING:
1 teaspoon honey
1 tablespoon water
1 teaspoon coffee (dissolved in 1 teaspoon water)
1 tablespoon melted butter
1 cup icing sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 flake (optional)
METHOD
Place all ingredients (except baking
powder) in a
bowl and beat for 5 minutes.
Add the baking powder and beat for a
further 1
minute.
Pour batter into muffin casings (till
its about
¾ filled) and bake in a pre-heated
conventional
oven at 180 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
FOR ICING:
Whisk all ingredients together and ice
cooled
cupcakes. Finish off with sprinkling
broken
flake (or however else you wish to decorate it).
INFO / TIPS / CREDITS
This recipe makes around 13-15cupcakes.
If using the flake, make sure to
sprinkle it
before the icing hardens.
Courtesy of Nasreen Musa
(Zambia)
