Ultimate Chocolate Cupcakes with Coffee Buttercream Recipe
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour – 1 cup
- Cocoa powder – 1/2 cup
- Baking powder – 1 teaspoon
- Baking soda – 1/2 teaspoon
- Salt - 1/4 tsp
- Milk – 1/2 cup
- Cooking oil – 1/4 cup
- Egg – 1
- Vanilla Extract – 1/2 teaspoon
- Boiling strong black coffee – 1/2 cup - Mix a tsp of Instant coffee powder and 1/2 cup boiling water
- Top thick film formed on boiled and cooled milk/Cream – 1 1/2 tablespoons
- Icing sugar – 1 cup, sifted thrice
- Butter – 1/2 cup, at room temperature
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