Coffee Overload Muffins

Coffee Overload Muffins
Prep 15 minutes
Cook 15 minutes
Serves 12

It’s too hot here to have my favourite beverage a nice hot mug of coffee, what’s a girl to do?! Well to resolve this dilemma I opened up the house, started the oven, and added a whole lot of coffee to these muffins. Not only is there added coffee in the cupcakes but also in the buttercream. 

I was really worried about the coffee flavour either not being strong enough, or being too strong and going bitter.  To combat the flavour not being strong enough I used coffee granules and crushed them in a tiny mortar and pestle so it was half powder. This meant there were still a lot of coffee granules floating around in the batter so in every bite you get tiny pieces of coffee.

Now to avoid any bitterness I added extra salt. Please don’t skimp on this part of the recipe as the salt counteracts the coffee so there is no bitterness in the flavour. Usually when I use salt in muffins it’s a tiny amount. I was a bit concerned so made sure to eat one without icing (in the name of research) to make sure there was no salt flavour and nope! No salt, just coffee! Glorious coffee! 

It took a bit longer than I expected to make the frosting as it’s unusually warm here so I had to chill it in the fridge before using but once chilled it wasn’t long before all the muffins were iced and I was enjoying one, and forcing them upon my husband!

Enjoy these! #datewithmykitchen

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Ingredients

Amount
Ingredient
1 1/2
cup
All- purpose flour
1 1/2
tsp
Baking powder
4
tbsp
Coffee granules, semi- ground