Mocha Choca Cupcakes

Before sending off the uber-package to my sister-in-law (birthday cupcake recipe included)-

I thought I should at least test run, the changes I made to the last recipe..

You can read below for the results of that one!

My findings are, that chilli in cupcakes is pure evil.

The new recipe used 1/2 the chilli than the former, and this time, I only used 3/4 of that amount = a lot less chilli!

Taste it less? NO! Less heat? NO!

Go figure.

This time as well, the coffee was really strong in the resulting cake- ???

So with a batch of chocolatey coffee cupcakes on my hands, I decided to change plans, and deviate from the intended mint frosting..

Seeing as St Pat's day is approaching, I thought hmmmn- irish coffee cream cupcake

Into basic buttercream frosting goes a slosh of irish cream..

I frosted a mini, took a bite, uck..

I went to bed, very depressed at the thought of throwing out a whole batch of cupcakes..

This afternoon, thinking I should at least take some nice photos of the minis, prepared to frost them..

Taking the buttercream frosting:

Fresh brewed coffee- slosh..

Taste. This isn't looking too hopeful..

Vanilla extract- slosh..

Taste. A little better, but I'm still not confident.

Frosted said minis, and whaddya know-

Not fantastic, but a remarked improvement from yesterday..

Instead of choc mint cupcakes, these mischievous minis turned into mocha chocas..

They have a mind of their own.

Or is it the leprechauns at play?