Coffee Cake Cupcakes Recipes

Steps:

• Directions:.
• Blend 1 cup butter with 1 1/2 cups sugar until light and fluffy.
• Add the 2 eggs and mix well.
• Sift together flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg.
• Add these dry ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture.
• Blend in the milk and mix together thoroughly.
• Place 1 TBSP of batter in each muffin cup and top with 1 TBSP of cinnamon filling. Using back of spoon, press cinnamon filling lightly into batter, then top with remaining batter. Sprinkle streusel topping evenly over batter.
• Bake at 350 until muffins are light golden brown brown and tooth pick inserted into center comes out with a few dry crumbs (about 20-25 minutes) Cool muffins in tin for 30 minutes, then carefully transfer to rack to cool.

Steps:

• Heat oven to 170C/150C fan/gas 3. Line 18 holes in 2 bun tins with fairy cake cases. Beat the sugar with the butter until light and creamy. Beat in the eggs, one by one, adding 1 tbsp flour at the same time. Beat in the rest of the flour along with the espresso. Spoon into the cake cases and bake for 17 mins, swapping the trays after 12 mins. Cool on a wire rack.
• To make the icing, beat the butter until pale, then gradually beat in the icing sugar, followed by the espresso and the melted chocolate. When the cakes are completely cool, swirl the icing generously on top and decorate with coffee beans, if you like.