On Thursday I was feening for something chocolaty and delicious and then I saw the little bottle of Kahlua sitting in my pantry. This had the wheels in my head turning, what could I do with this? AH HA a chocolate cupcake with a Kahlua buttercream frosting. I found a great chocolate cake recipe which had coffee in it that I thought would pair nicely with the Kahlua buttercream.
For the frosting I started with my usual butter cream ingredients: butter, confectioner's sugar, and vanilla. I then added the Kahlua, but something was missing. I googled Kahlua buttercream and found if I possibly added some dark chocolate cocoa powder and some espresso I could be onto something. What I came up with was an amazingly smooth and delicious Kahlua buttercream frosting, which I will be storing in my recipe book.
If you noticed on these cupcakes I tried a different piping pattern. For this cupcake I did 3 small star-tipped pipes instead of the steady butter cream swirl I'm accustomed to. I thought they came out great and it was the right amount of frosting.
If you tried these cupcakes please let me know how you think they turned out.
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