Mocha Cup Cake

Mocha Cup Cake

Ingredients

• Butter 5 ounces
• Egg 4
• Fine sugar 2 cups
• Flour 2 cups
• Warm water ¾ cup
• Chocolate melted 100 gm
• Baking powder 1 tsp
• Instant coffee 1 tbsp
• Salt ½ tsp
• Vanilla essence 1 ½ tsp

Ingredients for Mocha Cream Butter Icing

• Butter 4 ounces
• Icing sugar sifted 2 cups
• Instant coffee 1 tsp
• Milk 1 tbsp
• Melted chocolate 2 tbsp

Method for Cup Cakes

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees, line muffin pan with baking cups, mix 1 tbsp instant coffee with ¾ cup warm water and keep aside, beat 5 ounces butter and 2 cups sugar until light and fluffy, add eggs 1 at a time, mix well, add 100 gm melted chocolate, 1 ½ tsp vanilla essence and coffee mixture, mix all well, sieve together 2 cups flour, 1 tsp baking powder, mix with ½ tsp salt and slowly add to butter mixture, mix well, spoon into baking cups, bake for 20 minutes, cool on a wire rack. Decorate with mocha cream butter icing.
2. Method for Mocha Cream Butter Icing ,Beat 4 ounces butter until light and fluffy, gradually add sugar ½ cup at a time, add 2 tbsp melted chocolate, 1 tbsp coffee and ½ tsp vanilla essence. When all sugar has been mixed and icing will appear dry, add 1 tbsp milk and beat until fluffy.