Are you ready for a winning combination of coffee, chocolate and sugar? After all, nothing says, “wake up” like caffeine and sugar combined! These adults-only cupcakes contain brewed coffee, espresso granules, cocoa powder, vanilla extract and a whopping two cups of sugar, as well as more standard ingredients like flour and butter. The frosting contains more cocoa powder and espresso granules, along with butter, salt, vanilla extract, sugar and milk. For an added bonus, top the frosting with a drizzle of chocolate ganache, as well as a chocolate covered coffee bean.
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Blueberry Cupcakes
These Blueberry cupcakes are the perfect spring dessert, as they are light and fruity and sweet. The moist flavor filled cake is perfectly tempered for a brunch, church pot luck, or party. The blueberry cream cheese frosting is beautiful and perfectly complements the cake in such a way that the flavors harmonize to create a spring favorite. The recipe calls for fresh blueberries for the cake and blueberry jam for the frosting.
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Carrot Cupcakes with Mascarpone Icing
The combination of carrot and mascarpone icing will surely bring you to heaven. The deliciously looking cupcakes are made out of orange zest, maple syrup and carrots. To add a little citrus taste, there is a mixture of orange juice. For the mascarpone icing, the zest of lemon is added for the citrus taste to blend with the carrot cupcake. Now for the final touch, strips of mangoes that are dried are perfectly are added on top of the mascarpone icing.
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Banana Cupcakes with Honey Cinnamon Frosting
Everyone knows that when you have over-ripe bananas you can make banana bread or muffins out of them, but why not try to move in a different direction and bake some cupcakes instead? These banana cupcakes with honey cinnamon frosting take there flavor from the mashed bananas in the batter, plus the whole, sliced banana that goes on top of the lucious honey-cinnamon frosting. How’s that for a twist of something different?
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Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes
Peanut Butter and Jelly Cupcakes are a sweet dessert treat reminiscent of the long favored sandwich. With a base of homemade white cupcakes the similarities continue. The difference however comes when we find the jelly inside the cupcake which is cored and infused with jelly and the peanut butter on the outside. The prime feature is the thick and rich peanut butter buttercream frosting piped on generously and finished off with another yummy dollop of your favorite jelly.
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Coffee Cupcakes with Buttercream Frosting
Many people have eaten doughnuts and other patries in the morning, but breakfast cupcakes may be a little unusual – that is, until you taste these coffee cupcakes with buttercream frosting! By combining a breakfast staple (coffee) with a sugar-y treat, these goodies become the perfect thing to eat on your way out the door each morning. After all, they not only contain brewed coffee, but also a touch of the grounds as well!
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Streusel Topped French Toast Cupcakes with Maple Buttercream
Skip the traditional breakfast and go for this hand-held and super-sweet version of french toast: streusel topped french toat cupcakes with maple buttercream frosting! Make a slightly altered vanilla cupcake batter complete with the addition of cinnamon and nutmeg, then add a homemade crumbled streusel to the top before baking. Once they cool, top with a delicious maple buttercream frosting before dipping them in an extra layer of both cinnamon sugar and confectioners sugar. The results are irresistable!
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Oatmeal Current Cupcakes with Spiced Vanilla Buttercream
For a delightful taste of fall, try these oatmeal current cupcakes with homemade spiced vanilla buttercream frosting. The batter is made from a unique combination of traditional ingredients like butter and vanilla combined with unusual ones like pumpkin spice, oatmeal and currents. In the middle of each cupcake lies a layer of “crumble” made from brown sugar, cocoa powder and butter, while the frosting consists of pumpkin spice, salted butter, powedered sugar, vanilla and cream. Sprinkle on a few homemade candied nuts and you will have an autumn themed (and tasty) masterpiece!
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Berry Stuffed Breakfast Cupcakes
Perfect for the 4th of July, these Berry Stuffed cupcakes are gorgeous in red, white and blue. More than this, the vegan cool whip that is combined with the blueberry stuffing and topped with a strawberry is healthier than many other alternatives, making it great to serve health-conscious guests. Looking quite ordinary from their exterior, the moment you bite one, you will quickly change your mind about these delectable, light, healthy, scrumptious cupcakes.
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