I was recently challenged to make a non-drink recipe using coffee. As you may know, I already use coffee in my chocolate pudding recipe but I had not used it in anything else. The first idea that came to mind was to alter the chocolate cake recipe that I make and substitute hot brewed coffee for the boiled water the recipe calls for. I took myself down to Smart and Final for some Ambiance coffee. I had the kiddos with me and as you can see they were a little too crazy to be in a store! You can see my shopping story here.
When I saw that Ambiance coffee comes in hazelnut flavor I was excited because I knew that the hazelnut flavor would be perfect for the cupcakes. I was right. These turned out so good that I only frosted a few of them for the kids and we ate the rest plain!
Chocolate Hazelnut Cupcakes
Ingredients
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 3/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup dutch processed cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup 2% milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup hot, freshly brewed Ambiance Hazelnut Coffee
Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line cupcake pan with paper baking cups.
- Combine all dry ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
- Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla to mixing bowl.
- Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
- Stir in coffee. The batter will be thin and that’s okay!
- Pour batter into cupcake cups.
- Bake 20-22 minutes or until cake tester inserted in center of cupcake comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes in pan, then remove to wire racks and cool completely.
- Frost with your favorite frosting. These are strong cupcakes so you might want to stick with vanilla buttercream.
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my my my they look so tasty1 Cant wait to make some of my own!
Oh. My. YUM! Thanks for sharing!
These cupcakes sound so good! Thanks for the recipe. Drop by & link up your recipes, crafts…sometime.
wow these cupcakes sound so yummy I can hardly wait to try them!!!
Yummy these Chocolate Hazelnut Cupcakes Made With Ambiance Coffee look great ty.
We have a house full of chocolate lovers and let me tell you this looks absoultly yummy, I have written down the Ingredients and bookmarked this page we’re trying this 🙂
Thanks
I’m a huge cupcake lover! I make them atleast once a week.:) But I’ve never heard of this recipe, I’ll have to add it to my recipe book!As a belgian I crave chocolate, Lol!
I’m a huge cupcake lover! I make them atleast once a week.:) But I’ve never heard of this recipe, I’ll have to add it to my recipe book!As a belgian I crave chocolate, Lol!
I’m not usually a fan of cake or cupcakes, but I love coffee and hazelnut and chocolate. I don’t think I can miss with these. 🙂
Looks so delicious. Could imagine the aroma they give out when baking.
Never heard of using coffee. I heard of instant coffee in mixes but this sounds very interesting and I will try it.
This sounds delicious! I give gift baskets of homemade goodies to my friends every Christmas and this would make a great addition! All my friends are coffee lovers! Thanks for the recipe!
These look so scrumptious!
These look so good!! I love a good cupcake 🙂
This should be very tasty.
These cupcakes looks very very tasty and easy to make. I love chocolate and hazelnut so it has to be great. Thank you for the recipe.
Sounds and looks delicious! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Great recipe! My husband lovesss coffee & I am always looking for new ways to incoporate it into deserts/meals. Will give this one a go! 🙂