Hope you all had a good weekend. Did you partake in Halloween festivities? Candy corn?
I've made Short Black Cupcakes today. A nice mix of chocolate with coffee icing. Even if you don't love coffee, I think you'll love this mocha combo. Mmmmm.
Short Black Cupcakes - makes about 48 mini cupcakes
4 1/2 oz/ 125g softened unsalted butter
3/4 cup berry (caster) sugar
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk
3 1/2 oz/100g dark chocolate, melted
Coffee icing
1 cup berry (caster) sugar
1/4 cup water
1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar
2 tablespoons instant coffee
3 egg whites
Preheat oven to 320f/160c. Place the butter and sugar in a bowl and mix with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add the eggs and beat well. Sift over the flour, baking powder, and cocoa and beat until combined. Fold through the milk and melted chocolate. Spoon the batter into two 24 hole cupcake tins either greased or lined with mini cupcake papers (I didn't have those on hand today!). Bake for 10-12 minutes or until skewer, placed in centre of cupcake, comes out clean. Allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
For the icing, place the sugar, water, cream of tartar and coffee in a saucepan over high heat, and stir until the sugar is dissolved. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat and let simmer for 3 minutes. Place the egg whites in a bowl and beat with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. While still beating, add the sugar mixture and beat until thick and glossy. Spread the icing over the cupcakes with a palette knife.
Serve with coffee and eat up!
That's it for today. Enjoy the day! Back soon.
Janis
34 comments:
wow... they look so delicious....
:-) could I ask what camera do you use to take your pics? they are always very "clean"... I am considering (after I accepted that my physical strength would not sustain a Nikon SLR), to buy a lumix gf1... may i ask for your thoughts (if any) or ideas... thnx
you know I don't eat cupcakes but your pics make me want to take a bite..absolutely beautiful ♥
Those looks amazing! You can never go wrong with espresso+chocolate, in my opinion :)
Please send a few my way...I could use one with my tea! I could probably zip to your home and be back in time to take my Syd to ballet....xoxo
Happy November!
These look de-lish! Love that cupcake stand.
Koralee, please do come and take some! I've already eaten 6.
Cathie, really, it's all about the coffee icing!
Cristina, no matter what camera you have, you'll always have to work a little magic with it in post production. Having a great camera certainly helps, and I hear that the Lumix is very good. My pal has one and he swears by it.
I one of those weird people who doesn't like coffee but these sure do look yummy!
These sound and look awesome! Your plate stand looks like one of those pretty vintage ones I saw at the flea market - so pretty! :)
Oh my those look so cute and yummy!
They look famous... But not angry after 2 days in the kitchen to prepate meals for 20 personns for the birthday of Elia...
They look deelishus!!
Coffee icing, wow!
P.S. That Donna Hay supplement is beyond good, it's BRILLIANT! xo
these look amazing (as does that rich black coffee)!
I always love your photos : )
oxo
They look fab! And so adorably cute, can you send me one..?
; )
Or two..?
Yum, coffee icing! I never thought of that. I will have to try it.
These are adorable! I'm certain I'd eat about a dozen.
I need a lesson in icing! I made yummy pumpkin cupcakes this weekend but they look far to pathetic to photograph :(
Mmmm :-) My mouth is watering Janis! Hope you have a great week and lots of French interior photos over on Dolliedaydream this week and a Gite I am sure you would love if you ever have the opportunity to visit France one day x
yum yum bubblegum!
a minute in the mouth
a year on the bum!
x
those look delicious....i love coffee and when combined with cupcakes how can one go wrong?....i made a pineapple upside down cake and forgot to photograph it....so i guess i will just have to make another....it was heavenly!
And there's that coffee too! Oh this looks so good! : ) Where is that in your place?
I had to look twice at that glass of coffee and then check the recipe...the crema is so amazing I thought maybe it was Guinness! Delicious.
yum! those looks so good, i want one. or two. or three.
it would even be worth the coffee crazies i know i would get.
I always love to see what you've baked every week...they look scrumptious!
these look SO good!! yum!
I'll be seeing you in the morning - but will I be seeing any of these? I will now pray...
these are the cutest, i am going to make them for an upcoming brunch in oxford.
and, i love you for putting the measurements in both metric and US.
They are so baby! I love them without even tasting them.
I just stumbled across your blog for the first time and thought I would say hello! I looked through a few of your posts and love your style. I think you have a phenomenal eye for photography. It is an art that makes everyone feel like they can do it (especially with the cameras these days), but you can really tell when someone "gets it."
I'm a blogger as well, about the world of art. Hope we get to see more of each other in the future.
Bethany
www.DirksenDabbles.com
is there anything better than a cupcake !!!!
oh drooool! Just love me some coffee icing!
xo tash
They look exquisite, and absolutely beautifully presented.
Love anything coffee - wish YSL made coffee lipstick! Thank you Janis for your sweet comment over @ The Hedge's 600th post, it meant a lot.
Millie ^_^
I couldn't see your email anywhere, but I wanted to let you know I've borrowed one of the above images and used it, with credits, in a post for last minute christmas baking ideas. please email me jas [@] glutenfreescallywag.com if you'd like me to remove it!
Merry Christmas
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