Coffee Frosted Irish Cream Cupcakes Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.
• Beat butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until the butter is light and smooth, 2 to 3 minutes; beat in sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy, at least 5 more minutes.
• Beat in egg yolks one at a time, mixing until each yolk is just combined before adding the next; mix in sour cream and vanilla and almond extracts.
• Sift flour in a separate bowl with baking powder and salt.
• Stir flour mixture into the liquid ingredients in thirds, alternating with Irish cream liqueur, until the batter is smooth.
• Pour batter into the lined muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the cupcakes are golden brown on top and a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 12-cup muffin tins or line cups with paper liners.
• Stir flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Cream butter and sugar together in a separate bowl using an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in vanilla extract. Pour in flour mixture and blend well. Beat in milk, Irish cream liqueur, and coffee until evenly blended. Fold in chocolate chips.
• Spoon batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 2/3 full.
• Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 15 to 18 minutes. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350°. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition., Beat in applesauce and vanilla (mixture may appear curdled). Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with liqueur, beating well after each addition., Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 18-22 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat butter and cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in liqueur. Add confectioners' sugar; beat until smooth. Pipe over tops of cupcakes. Refrigerate leftovers.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
• CUPCAKES.
• Mix together cake and pudding mix,(sifting ingredients together if you have a sifter).
• Mix together wet cupcake ingredients
• Combine wet and dry ingredients.
• Using paper lined cupcake pan, fill liners 2/3 full.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes.
• When cupcakes are done remove to cooling rack and allow to cool completely before next steps.
• FILLING.
• Beat butter until fluffy.
• Add sugar, irish cream, vanilla, and milk.
• Beat until uniform.
• Cut "x" markes into the top of the cooled cupcakes with a knife (about 1 inch deep).
• Place filling in patry bag with metal tip (round or star tips work best).
• Fill inside of cupcake until filling level with top of cupcake.
• FROSTING.
• Beat butter until fluffy.
• Slowly add remainig frosting ingredients.
• I like to take the VIA and add it directly to tbsp of water, and make super strong coffee directly in tbsp then add it to mixture. I usually mix well after each addition of coffee and taste test to make sure the coffee flavor isn't too strong or too weak.
• Once mixed frost cupcakes.
• Optional: Dust with coco powder and top with chocolate covered espresso bean.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Make the cupcakes: Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Pour water over espresso powder; let cool. Combine espresso with milk. Beat butter and granulated and brown sugars with a mixer on medium speed until pale and fluffy, about 3 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with espresso-milk mixture, beginning and ending with flour (batter may look broken).
• Fill 15 cups (of two 12-cup muffin tins) three-quarters full. Bake until a toothpick inserted into the centers comes out clean, 20 to 22 minutes. Let cool; turn out cupcakes from tins.
• Make the frosting: Whisk together cream and confectioners' sugar until medium peaks form. Add whiskey; whisk until slightly stiff peaks form.
• Top each cupcake with 2 tablespoons frosting; dust with espresso powder.