Chocolate mint and mocha cupcakes #weeklyjikonichallenge

Name: Chocolate mint and mocha cupcakes #weeklyjikonichallenge
Cuisine: Kenyan
Ingredients: 2 cups all purpose/cake flour; 1/2-3/4 cups sugar(as you prefer); 60 g cocoa powder; 2 tsp baking powder; 1 cup buttermilk; 100 ml vegetable oil; 1 cup hot strong coffee; 4 eggs; 2 tsp vanilla extract; 1/2 tsp mint essence; 250 g butter; 250 g icing sugar; 3 drops mint essence; 1 tsp granulated coffee; 2 tbsp milk; 1 tsp vanilla

Emilia @emmydiffu

Chocolate mint and mocha cupcakes #weeklyjikonichallenge

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Ingredients

2 cupsall purpose/cake flour
1/2-3/4 cupssugar(as you prefer)
60 gcocoa powder
2 tspbaking powder
1 cupbuttermilk
100 mlvegetable oil
1 cuphot strong coffee
4eggs
2 tspvanilla extract
1/2 tspmint essence
Buttercream frosting
250 gbutter
250 gicing sugar
3 dropsmint essence
1 tspgranulated coffee
2 tbspmilk
1 tspvanilla

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Steps

1

Preheat your oven to 180 degrees and line two cupcake tins with cupcake liners(the recipe makes 24 cupcakes)
2

Mix your flour, cocoa baking powder and salt together and whisk for even mixing
3

In a separate bowl add your eggs and whisk thoroughly.. add in your sugar, oil and vanilla and mix well
4

Mix your dry ingredients with your wet ingredients and add in the buttermilk and boiling coffee
5

Separate the batter into two and to one of the portions add the mint essence
6

Evenly distribute your batter into the lined cupcake trays(the mint batter in one tray and the chocolate batter in another) fill in the batter 3/4 way throughout to allow the cupcakes to rise. (Excuse the mess... Filling them in is no joke 😌)
7

Bake for 15-18 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean... Meanwhile you can work on the frosting
8

Whisk the butter until it's pale, light and fluffy... Add in your icing sugar, some vanilla essence and two tablespoons of milk and whisk. Separate the buttercream into two
9

Dissolve the coffee in 2 tablespoons of water and add to one part of the buttercream(this will frost the chocolate cupcakes) and to the other add some green food coloring and drops of mint and mix(this will frost the mint cupcakes)
10

Remove your cupcakes from the oven once done, frost and enjoy🤗