For the cupcakes
- 100 g Butterwell softened
- 100 g light Brown sugar
- 100 g Self-rising flour
- 2 Large eggs
- 2 tsp Instant coffee powdermixed with 3½ fl oz boiling water, then cooled
- 25g Walnutschopped
- 12 halves Walnutsfor the tops
- 1 pinch Salt
For the topping
- 200 g Mascarpone
- 2 tbsp light Brown sugar
Coffee Cream & Walnut Cupcakes
These Coffee Cream & Walnut Cupcakes really are a perfect flavor combination. Yes, this combo has been around for decades, but classics never go out of fashion, do they? The star of this recipe however is not the cupcake itself but the smooth and creamy coffee topping made from Italian mascarpone cheese with just a hint of sugar to sweeten it.
Start by making a simple cupcake batter from butter, sugar, flour, eggs, coffee and a pinch of salt. Once beaten, stir through walnuts and divide the mixture into 12 even cupcakes. Bake in the oven and make the mascarpone topping. The cupcakes taste best when they’re freshly iced, so if you plan on making these ahead of time, make the mascarpone topping and refrigerate it until you are close to serving. Beat the topping again and spoon it onto the cupcakes when you are ready to serve.
To make Coffee Cream & Walnut Cupcakes you will need the following ingredients:
Steps to make Coffee Cream & Walnut Cupcakes
1 | Heat the oven and prepare a cupcake tray | |
Preheat the oven to 355 °F. Line a cupcake tray with paper cupcake liners or grease each cup. | ||
2 | Make cupcake batter | 2 |
Place 100 grams of butter, 100 grams of sugar, 100 grams of flour and 2 eggs with 4 teaspoons of coffee and a pinch of salt in a large bowl. Using a handheld mixer, beat the cake batter until creamy. | ||
3 | Add walnuts | 1 |
Stir 25 grams of chopped walnuts into the batter. | ||
4 | Transfer batter to cupcake tray | 3 |
Divide the cupcake batter between each of the paper cupcake liners. | ||
5 | Bake | 20 |
Bake for 18-20 minutes, or until the tops are light golden brown. | ||
6 | Leave to cool | |
Cool in the tin for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. | ||
7 | Make the topping | 2 |
Using an electric hand mixer, beat 3 teaspoons coffee with mascarpone cheese and 2 tablespoons of sugar until smooth. | ||
8 | Top the cupcakes | 3 |
Spoon a large dollop of coffee flavored mascarpone onto each cupcake and top each one with a walnut half. | ||
9 | Serve | |
Serve with afternoon tea or a mid morning coffee. | ||
Recipe Reviews
Delicious!! Loved them they were so tasty and making them was easy too.
Aren't all eggs large tho? idek but this was goood as all hell and now my personal fav coffee cupcakes to bake.
Good and simple recipe loved the taste and mix of savoury/sweet combination it does good for my tastebuds.
Coffee cupcakes is legit all i've asked for all my life lol, best thing to eat before a lonnnng day of work ahead of you and goes great with a latte besides it.
So happy this isn't a boxed cupcake recipe making them from scratch always turns out better I just never knew how to until today.
Never knew there could be so much walnuts in one cupcake recipe lol.
Freaking PERFECT!! Loved the crunchy yet soft texture and the cream on the top was better than whipped!
Baked these to perfection on my nephews birthday, huge success and he was extremely satisfied with the taste (-:
To be honest these just weren't that flavorful compared to the passion cupcakes not as sweet.
Wish there wasn't coffee in this i don't want my daughter jumping around the house.
So much is going on so I thought it was a bit difficult.
These were some bomb cupcakes I throughly enjoyed them .
How did your cupcales rise so big without baking powder?
Replaced the walnuts for almonds instead the second time around cause they were just too hard to chew for my kids and crunched up almonds are cheaper to buy anyway.
Took me a bit longer than 30 minutes but good.
Easy to make and fun to bake, wouldn't have it any other way! Thx for sharing.
First time baking something on my own wish me luck.
Vegetarian cupcake recipe? Sign me up i'm ready.
My husband had this for breakfast with some coffee and praised me for a solid 5 minutes lol, grateful for it.
Yummy!! Sooo tasty and simple too but next time i'll go more easy on the sugar.
Amazing recipe! Thank you for sharing!
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