Okay so before I start this, I just want to give a huge thank you to my dad. Without him, this post wouldn't be happening, and my mom would not have gotten the special treats that I made for her birthday. :)
I'm just going to say, when I tell you this you're going to get a big glimpse into my personality-if you haven't already figured it out. As in, an impulsive and not exactly detailed planner.
It was 8:00 at night, and my dad was going to take me and a few of my siblinsg to buy my mom a birthday gift. All is good. At 8:02 I decided that i wanted to make her something. Something special. Like pumpkin snickerdoodle latte cupcakes. YUM YUM YUM. Can you say yum again?!?!
Graciously, he agreed to let me get the few ingredients that we didn't have. So we're going through the store, checking things off our list. Until we come to the last inredient: Espresso Powder.
Huh?!?!?
My dad had no clue what that was, and we COULD NOT find it!! We looked all over the store, up and down the coffee aisle at least ten times. Finally, being the amazing dad he was, he looked it up on his phone. (I love techonology!) It ended up being squeezed up on the top shelf by a gazillion other boxes of coffee.
Here's a picture of it, in case you ever need to go searching in Dillons to find it!
Okay, on to the recipe. ( I added the pictures)
- 2-1/3 c. all-purpose flour
- 1 c. white whole wheat flour (or just use 1 c. additional all-purpose flour)
- 2 c. sugar
- 3 T. espresso powder
- 1 tsp. kosher salt
- 2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. baking powder
- 3 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 1-1/2 tsp. ground ginger
- 1/2 tsp. ground nutmeg
- 1/2 tsp. ground cloves
- 4 large eggs
- 1 15-oz. can pumpkin puree (not pre-spiced)
- 1 c. unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 16 oz. cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1 c. unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 2 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 6 c. powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 tsp. ground cinnamon
- 2 T. sugar
- 24 chocolate covered coffee beans (Note: We looked everywhere for these too, and couldn't find them. The cupcakes still turned out great anyway)
6 comments
Personally tasted these, and they are AMAZING!!!!
ReplyDeleteYou're sweet:) :)
DeleteI love how you took a picture of them on an angle!
ReplyDeleteWow, I didn't realize how much I angled my pictures until I went and looked back;) Oops....I guess I like that style
DeleteChloe, your posts are sooooo engaging!!!! Whevenver I sit down to read one, I know I'll get an entertaining, insightful, and sometimes humorous read! :) Thanks for making my day on a regular basis
ReplyDeleteThose look delicious . . . I will have to add them to my list of things to try!
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You're kinda awesome.