Hi everyone, I hope you are doing great!
Here you have a super easy, delicious and budget
friendly idea to surprise your mom this mother’s day! I hope you like it.
Ingredients:
- 1 cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 2 ½ Cup All Purpose Flour
- 2 Cup Granulated Sugar
- 1 ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 large Eggs
- ½ Cup Vegetable Oil
- ½ Cup Greek Yogurt
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1 - 2 Tsp Instant Coffee Powder
- ⅔ Cup Hot Water
To decorate:
- 2 ½ Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
- 1 - 2 cup Powdered Sugar
- Chocolate Covered Heart Shaped Marshmallows
- Heart Sprinkles
- 1 tsp meringue powder (optional)
Preheat the oven to 350 ºF
Combined the instant Coffee powder with ⅔ cups
of hot water, stir until the coffee is dissolved and set aside to cool down.
In a large bowl, sift the sugar, cocoa powder
and flour, also sift in the baking soda, baking powder and salt. Stir until
combined, then set aside.
In a large bowl, with an electric mixer, beat
the eggs for 30 seconds, then add in the vegetable oil, vanilla extract and the
coffee mixture, mix on medium speed for a few more seconds until
everything is well combined. Then add
in a ⅓ of the flour mixture, stir until
combined, then add in another ⅓ of the flour mixture, continue to stir until
incorporated then finally add in the rest of the flour, continue to stir until
combined, then add in the yogurt, mix on high speed for one minute.
After a minute, the batter is done.
Line your cupcake pan with cupcake wrappers, and
fill each wrapper about ¾ of the way with batter.
Bake the cupcakes at 350ºF for about 30 -35
minutes or until well cooked.
Let the cupcakes cool completely before
decorating them.
To make the icing: In a large bowl with an
electric mixer, combine the whipping cream with the powdered sugar, and mix on
high speed for about 6-7 minutes or until the icing gets the texture that you
like, I added 1 teaspoon of meringue powder, to give my icing a little more volume,
but this step is optional.
Pour the icing into a piping bag, and decorate
the cupcakes any way you want. I also decorated the cupcakes with Heart
Shaped Sprinkles and I place a heart shaped chocolate covered marshmallow right
on the center of each cupcake.
Enjoy!
