Peppermint Mocha Cupcakes
Maya Angelou says she knows why the caged bird sings. Does she know why The Squishy Monster stores away food like she’s a bear about to go into hibernation? If Valentines is a sadomasochistic holiday fabricated by companies to sell more hallmark and heart shaped boxes, then the stretch between Thanksgiving and Christmas must have been the evil mastermind of sugar cane farmers. I can’t I won’t get into just how much I’ve consumed even up until this point. Dare I say it’s worse than a fat kid on Halloween?
*Shrugs* I figure, if you’re going to indulge, it might as well be amongst the sparkling strands of multi-colored lights with the heavy scent of pine and cardamom hanging thick in the air to encourage you onward with this gorge-fest.
Enjoy, my friends (because apparently, the world is ending in 2 days).
- 1¾ cups of flour
- 1½ ts baking powder
- 1½ ts baking soda
- 1 ts salt
- 1 cup of hot coffee + 2 cups of sugar + ¾ cups of unsweetened baking cocoa
- 1 cup of whole room temperature buttermilk
- ½ cup of canola oil (or veggie)
- 2 ts of good vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2 c soft unsalted butter
- 6-8 c *sifted* powdered sugar
- 1 ts pure vanilla extract
- 3-4 ts pure peppermint extract
- ½ ts fine salt
- 2-4 tb cream
- Crushed candy canes
- In your first bowl, sift together your flour, powder, soda, and salt.
- In your second bowl, blend together your coffee and sugar.
- In your third bowl, whisk together your buttermilk, oil, and vanilla. Drop in one egg at a time.
- Combine your second and third bowl.
- In three separate additions, sprinkle in your first (dry) bowl into your wet bowl. Do not over mix.
- Scoop into cupcake liners and bake at 350 for 17-20 minutes.
- Take out of the pan and cool completely.
- For the buttercream, blend together your butter and powdered sugar (adding in your sugar a bit at a time). Tip in your extracts. salt, and cream. Cream until well blended and fluffy.
- Frost and decorate. To make the candy cane striped swirls, tilt the pastry bag and fill half with regular buttercream and the other half with red tinted buttercream. I used a large round tip and sprinkled with crushed candy canes.
Love & candy canes galore,
Your Squishy Monster ^.~
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Another beautiful looking cupcake recipe 🙂 And I love the peppermint swirls in the frosting, so cute!
Thanks, girl =)
Hi Angie, gorgeous cuppies. Save 2 pieces for me and a nice cup of hot coffee too. 🙂
I love anything peppermint and this look really good and yummlicious.
See you, I’m gonna busy in the kitchen after this and update my blog. Have a lovely week.
I gotchya *wink* I hope you’re enjoying your weekend, beautiful!
These are gorgeous! I can never get my frosting to look so perfect. Seriously, if the world is ending today, I want a dozen of these…
Aw, shucks!
Ooh these look delicious. I’m always looking for new holiday recipes and this one looks like it will be a crowd pleaser for sure.
I hope you give it a try =)
I love anything peppermint, and I also happen to love anything mocha, so these cupcakes sound like a dream. I am a fellow food hoarder as well. I have 3 kids so in my garage are so many staples, and of course sugar is one of them.
I feel deprived no one gave me ANY sugar as a kid so I have much making up to do, lol.
Angie, the cupcakes look absolutely stunning and so festive with candy canes too.
Thanks Angie! =)
Hahaha…..I will always have a love-hate relationship with sugar but love surely always wins with me! These cupcakes are look so pretty & yummy!
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soooo much sugar (I think I’ll turn into a sugar cube, lol)
I’ve been going all-out insane with sugar consumption also…I figure I’ll just not worry about it until after the holidays are over. These cupcakes look awesome! Love the cute peppermint swirl of frosting!
I just figure it’s ok if it’s not as bad as some of those sugar-addicted freaky eaters on t.v. Going without it makes watching it on rare occasions shoooocking!
lol, you’re funny ^^! and i could do with some of these yummies for breakfast.. love how you did the frosting! ^^
Thank you, Hui!!
So it’s not just me? I’m glad to keep such fine company as I indulge in so many sweet desserts before Christmas.. during Christmas.. after Christmas. This is a pretty cupcake recipe!!
It makes me feel less bad about it with you being here, Barbara =)
yumyumyumyum!!!!!!!!!!!! xO!
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=)
I plan to eat as much as I can before the world ends
@ 11:11am 12/21/12 ,
I hope it ends on the other side of the world first cause I want to sleep in and have a late breakfast
That’s the best plan ever!
That’s funny.. I don’t feel bad at all about the candy cane I just ate! Haha love these cupcakes. I sincerely hope that the world doesn’t end tomorrow. That would suck. I’de never get my new perfume.
That’s the spirit, Cass!
yum! these are all kinds of great, but i really love that swirl of colors in the frosting!
Thanks, Grace!
Um I totally agree…I am embarrassed to admit how much sugary treats I consume between Thanksgiving till New Years!
I love the swirled frosting on top of your cupcakes! They look so yummy!
I felt so much better when I was alleviated of it, haha
This is the perfect time of year to indulge! These cupcakes look and sound so yummy!
xo, Yi-chia
Always Maylee
the yummy gets me every time!
Why are your cupcakes SO CUTE? Peppermint mocha sounds like a fab combination!
You are SO sweet, Erika!
The cupcakes are so pretty. And there is a reason why we have ‘resolutions’ for the new year after eating so much lol.
I’ve never met a cupcake I didn’t like nor a resolution that I actually kept, lol.
These cupcakes look amazing and so festive! Love the way you decorated them.
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Thank you, Daniela!
How very cute and festive!
They told me to tell you thank you =)
I love the flavors of coffee and chocolate in cake! The peppermint frosting is such a great idea for the holidays. They look stunning in the picture. Thank you so much for your kind words today 🙂
of course, Ms. Kidman =)
OOOOOO!! I just happen to be eating some peppermint candy right now Angie! Let me turn on my world wide camera.Lol Really I am it is delicious!!That is a wonderful MUST TRY cup cake recipe !
I feel GREAT NEWS according to the book of revelation in the bible this world will NEVER end!! Hopefully Friday will be another day another better way.
Have a wonderful day Angie!
Love.
Les.
well *whew* good to know =)
oh these are so pretty!
Thank you!
These are so festive! Peppermint is a true Christmas flavor! 🙂
Gingerbread is coming up next…my Korean food is getting neglected, lol.
so gorgeous and festive!!
Thanks guys!
That is a good looking cupcake! I would love to bite into one of those with some coffee!
do it, do it now =)