There are some days you want a good home made chocolate dessert. These Mocha Fudge Cupcakes will give you the boost to make it through your next tough day.
There are some days that I wonder how I manage to run a blog. Have I ever mentioned how computer illiterate I am? Seriously! I have real problems with computers and tech stuff in general. Oh, I know what I like and how I want it to look, but doing it...forget about it.
One of the things that I have been working on lately is my blog speed. Actually I haven't done anything to "work" on it. I have just sat in tears as my site has been down. They were really tears of joy because that just means there were lots of people trying to access my recipes, and that makes me so happy. But dealing with my server...that was really what the tears came from.
It isn't fun to sit on the phone for hours trying to convince them to turn your site back on, only to watch it crash again 30 minutes later. Finally after talking to 4 different tech support people, they got it back up. But it has been running extremely slow. When a page doesn't load in a couple seconds, no one is going to wait around. So I have been looking into new companies. Finally I found one that I felt comfortable switching too.
One of the things that I needed to do was go into my current server and switch the names to the new one. Sounds easy enough and my new tech guy even sent me directions on how to do it. I thought to myself that this should be fairly easy to do. I got this 🙂
The only problem...I never wrote down my password or user name when I bought my domain. I know...major fail on my part. But I was finally able to get into my google apps for it and was trying to find how to change. I really should have made a batch of this Monster Cookie Dough Popcorn to munch on as I dealt with my "issues".
After looking for a while, I finally called go daddy's support. I swear this girl was probably laughing her butt off at me each time she put me on hold.
She kept asking me what my pin number was, and I kept telling her that I had no idea, and that's why I had called her. Then she asked me to think of one off the top of my head, and what would I choose if I had to pick one right now. Seriously??? Of course nothing I threw out worked, and I was getting so frustrated with her. Finally she transferred me to another tech guy who was much more patient. He walked me through where to get in to switch the names...and he didn't keep asking me for my pin number. That girl was just plain crazy!
Here's the kicker...I actually had done it all right the first time BEFORE I called them. For some reason my computer didn't like the password and pin that I entered manually. The key to getting it to work was just copying and pasting the numbers in. That whole story to say...this is why I pay people to maintain my site. It works out best for all those involved. They make money, and I keep my sanity.
Needless to say, after talking to that girl, I needed some chocolate. Lucky for me, I had all the ingredients to make these awesome Mocha Fudge Cupcakes. Now if you have been reading my blog for very long, you know that I am a huge fan of cake mixes. 9 times out of 10 I will use a box mix before making anything else. But this recipe is one that I have been making for a few years, and I break it out every now and again. I realized as I made it, that I have never shared it here either.
So bonus day...I got my chocolate and you get the recipe.
Recipe
Mocha Fudge Cupcakes
Chocolate Mocha Cupcakes with a hidden pocket of fudge and a coffee butter cream will give you a jolt to make it through the day.
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes
- 2 ¼ cups flour
- 1 ¼ cups sugar
- ½ cup dark cocoa powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup oil
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- ¾ cup strong brewed coffee, cooled
- ½ cup miniature chocolate chips (optional)
- ½ cup hot fudge
For the Coffee Butter Cream
- 1 cup butter
- 4 Tablespoons hot water
- 2 Tablespoons instant coffee granules
- 1 teaspoon coffee extract
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ⅛ teaspoon salt
- 4 cups powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place 24 cupcake liners in muffin pans.
- Stir together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a mixing bowl, beat the oil, eggs, and extract until foamy. Stir the buttermilk and coffee into the egg mixture.
- Slowly add the flour mixture into the egg/milk mixture until everything has been combined. Beat on medium for 1-2 minutes. Stir in the chocolate chips by hand if using.
- Spoon the batter evenly into the cupcake liners. The liners will only be about half way full. Bake for 18 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
- After cupcakes have cooled, scoop out the center of the cupcake. Fill with a spoonful of hot fudge.
- In a mixing bowl, cream the butter for 2-3 minutes. Combine the hot water and coffee granules while you are waiting.
- Add the coffee, extracts, and salt to the creamed butter and beat again. Slowly add the powdered sugar until all of it has been added.
- Beat for another 1-2 minutes until creamy. Spread or pipe onto the cooled cupcakes. Top with chocolate sprinkles or chocolate candies. Keep refrigerated.
Notes
If you can't find coffee extract for the butter cream, use vanilla extract in place.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 324Total Fat: 15gSaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 44mgSodium: 256mgCarbohydrates: 46gFiber: 1gSugar: 33gProtein: 3g
Other great recipes for when the chocolate craving hits:
White Chocolate Goo Goo Cluster Brownies
Mocha Cappuccino Puppy Chow (Muddy Buddies)
Bev
Where do you get your hot fudge for the cupcakes? Do you have a receipe?
Jocelyn
I buy it from the grocery store. (I usually buy Hershey's hot fudge.)
DM
I've been reading the recipe and I have a question. Are you adding the egg mixture and milk mixture to the flour mixture OR the flour mixture and milk mixture to the egg mixture OR the egg mixture and flour mixture to the milk mixture?
"Alternately add the flour mixture with the milk mixture until everything has been combined."
Jocelyn
Ok, so I read through and can see how my original instructions could be misunderstood. I updated the recipe, so it makes more sense. I hope that helps 🙂
simone
Yep, thanks! Just being a bit slow here!
simone
It looks like there's a fudgy center, but I did not see that in the recipe. ?
Jocelyn
Hi, Simone. Yes, there is hot fudge center. There is hot fudge in the ingredient list, and in step 2 it tells you to fill the cupcakes when they are cooled. I hope that helps 🙂
Katie @ Dime Party Divas
These look so good! Thankfully I am eating healthy right now, or I would be in trouble! I pinned for later. 😉
Librarian+Lavender
That looks really good,! I should keep this recipe to make when I'm having computer/phone/iPad problems again. They just don't seem to like me. Fortunately I've got someone at home who can fix it for me, but there already have been a lot of desperate calls to his workplace. Next time I should eat one of those cupcakes first and then tackle the problem :).
Julie @ This Gal Cooks
Aww, that totally stinks that you had to deal with that. It's so frustrating when the blog goes down and when things don't work the way you want them to. But these cupcakes would definitely make a stressful moment better! YUM!
Nancy @ Artsy Chicks Rule
Hi Jocelyn,
I'm just stopping by to let you know I chose the Mocha Chocolate Cupcakes as one of my favorites from last week's Project Inspire{d} linky party.
Thanks so much for sharing!
Nancy
Roxana | Roxana's Home Baking
Girl, you're not alone! I'm so not techy and when my site goes down I panic and can't even call the support since I have no idea what all those techy words mean, sounds like a foreign language to me :((
These cupcakes are sure the answer to these types of days. You can't go wrong with coffee and chocolate!
Jess @ On Sugar Mountain
I remember migrating from blogger to wordpress - what an ordeal! Every time I even hear the word "nameservers" I cringe. But then I just stare at these fudgey cupcakes and all is well! It's like every one of my cravings is sitting right here in this little treat! 😀
Jocelyn Brubaker
All things techy make me cringe and shudder...but then I eat cupcakes and all is right again!!!
Mackenzie
YUM! I love mocha cupcakes! I actually just had an amazing one from Sprinkles this past weekend and now seeing these is making my mouth water! I must try this... but I must have guests... or I will eat them all! haha
Mackenzie 🙂
Jocelyn Brubaker
Yes, wait for guests because these can be very addicting...but I wouldn't know that. Wink, wink!!!
Nancy
Great cupcakes! And maybe your computer illiteracy is inherited... 🙁
Jocelyn Brubaker
Great...let's blame it on that then 🙂
Miranda
I hate frustrating people like that! I'm sure the tech people said the same about me after I had first got my web hosting. Anyway, these cupcakes look ahhhmazing!! yum.
Jocelyn Brubaker
The way I see it, I probably will never talk to her again...I hope 🙂 I'm sure every tech support person I talk to laughs at my computer illiteracy!!! Oh well, I have cupcakes and they don't 🙂
Becky
Jocelyn,
Your cupcakes are gorgeous! Since they have coffee in them, can I have one for breakfast? I can just imagine how yummy they taste.
I'm not tech savvy, but my son, son-in-law, brother and nephew are all in the tech business. The only problem is for them to find the time to help me.
Jocelyn Brubaker
I like the way you think...these would make an awesome breakfast 🙂 I need some tech support family members I think!!!
carrian
love how you did your frosting!! I need to try it that way as I'm not good at the swirl thing
Jocelyn Brubaker
awe thanks Carrian! These swirls are really pretty easy to do!
Medeja
Coffee cream sounds wonderful! And I should definitely learn from you how to decorate the cupcakes 🙂
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you Medeja! These are actually fairly easy to do...just tiny swirls all over the top of the cupcakes!
Lisa Bailey
I can't believe that woman was doing that to you. Hopefully she was new on the job... Wish I could actually see the recipe to make these though as they look AWESOME!
Jocelyn Brubaker
I sure hope she was just new and not like that to everyone else! Are you on a mobile device? I have checked 2 browsers and both are showing the recipe just fine...
Julie
Oh my, these are divine! Pinned to my food board. Thanks for sharing!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Thank you so much Julie!!!
teresa
bleh! what a headache! i'm no good with computers either, sometimes i feel like i'm trying to speak a foreign language when dealing with them. i'm glad you got things resolved though, and i'm especially glad that you finished the fiasco with such a gorgeous treat. you deserved it!
Jocelyn Brubaker
It's like they are speaking the foreign language to us...I never ever understand what they are trying to tell me. Hopefully I don't have to make those calls any time soon!!!