Phew, finally another posting in my cooking blog. It’s just so much going on lately. Photo processing and uploading them seem to be the last thing on my mind. It’s such a relief that I finally get the help I need with the baby, otherwise I would be one sleep deprived cranky mom who has no time to cook or house keeping. Bear in mind when we say “cooking”, we – food bloggers, mean a proper way of cooking food. Not just something to eat. Not a 5 minute pizza throw-in-the-microwave cooking or package spices just add chicken thing. Please. We passed through that stage when we were in college. Of course I do instant noodles or boiled eggs once in a while when time is limited. But that’s not cooking. That’s surviving. KFC delivery or room service also count as surviving.

I haven’t had anything mocha for a long time. The creamy mocha icing taste great, with just the right kick as I’m also adding spoons of instant coffee.  I’m never a huge fan of that sort of icing, the creamy buttery type. I like the icing for margarita cupcakes that I made before or baileys cupcakes type of icing better though. But this will do to fix my sweet cravings for now.

Mocha Macademia Cupcakes

For the cupcakes:
* 225 gr unsalted butter
* 225 caster sugar
* 225 gr self raising flour
* 1 tsp baking powder
* 4 eggs
* 1 tsp vanilla essence
* 100 gr chopped macademia nuts

Creamy Butter Icing:
* 115 gr unsalted butter – softened
* 225 gr icing sugar, sieved
* 1 tsp mocha essence
* 1 tsp instant coffee granule
* colored pearls for icing decoration

Directions:
1.) Preheat oven 175C or 350F. Prepare muffin tin & place paper cups
2.) Combine all cupcake ingredient – set aside macademia
3.) Whisk ingredients until smooth and fluffy. Stir in chopped macademia
4.) Spoon batter into paper cups. Bake for about 20 mnts
5.) Let cool on a wire rack

6.) Whisk butter & icing sugar until smooth & creamy
7.) Stir in essence & instant coffee granule
8.) Ice the cooled cupcakes. Sprinkles with colored pearls.
9.) Store in a fridge up to 3 days

Recipe source: 500 cupcakes