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Coffee and Rye Cupcakes

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Coffee and Rye Cupcakes

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  • This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Recipe with Coffee
  • biffbourgeois's Testing Notes: Midge's cupcakes have a beautiful moist cake with an excellent crumb. There's just enough coffee flavor plus a little something extra from the rye whiskey. Though sure to satisfy your dessert...

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    Midge's Notes: My husband and I recently took a little road trip to Providence, R.I., where we ate dinner at the fabulous La Laiteria and took home a whiskey cupcake with cream cheese frosting from their...

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Makes a dozen cupcakes

  1. Line a muffin tin with cupcake liners. Preheat oven to 350 F.

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  2. Sift together flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

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  3. In the bowl of a standing mixer, cream together butter and sugar on medium-high for 2 minutes. Lower the mixer speed down a notch or two; add vanilla and then eggs, one at a time, until mixture looks combined.

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  4. With the mixer on medium-low, alternately fold in the yogurt and dry ingredients. Then gradually add the whiskey and coffee until the mixture is smooth. Don’t overbeat.

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  5. Spoon batter into muffin tin, filling each cupcake liner about three-fourth full. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the center of one comes out clean.

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  6. Cool on rack. Frost when completely cool.

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  7. For the frosting: In the bowl of standing mixer, using whisk attachment, combine butter and cream cheese until smooth. Add sugar, vanilla, and coffee and whisk on high until smooth. This could take several minutes if your butter and cream cheese weren't totally soft.

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26 Comments on Coffee and Rye Cupcakes

Lnd_jen Reply

Love it! And I'll have to tell Kate the next time I see her that her cupcakes inspired you :)

Summer_2010_1048 Reply

Thanks so much lnd! Lucky you for having La Laiteria - and those cupcakes-- so close.

Me Reply

Great combo!

Summer_2010_1048 Reply

thanks wssmom!

Shamrock-medal Reply

Wowza! These sound beyond good.

Summer_2010_1048 Reply

thank you hla!

Annalbu Reply

So nice to see that you are using yogurt in the cupcake batter. I look forward to trying this recipe

Summer_2010_1048 Reply

thanks! I love yogurt in any application..

Sausage2 Reply

Yum! Great idea!

Summer_2010_1048 Reply

thanks fiveandspice!

Cheese_for_twitter0001 Reply

These look fabulous!

Summer_2010_1048 Reply

thanks cheese1227!

Copy_of_me Reply

Beautiful cupcakes, Midge!

Summer_2010_1048 Reply

thank you lapadia!

Profile Reply

Great recipe!

Summer_2010_1048 Reply

thanks Bevi!

Wedding_pictures_162 Reply

WOW.

Summer_2010_1048 Reply

Thanks drbabs!

Img_1958 Reply

Yum, Midge! These sound insanely good.

Summer_2010_1048 Reply

thanks gingerroot!

Ab_sum Reply

Great pairings!

Summer_2010_1048 Reply

thanks Sagegreen!

100_0039 Reply

wow, sounds delicious!

Summer_2010_1048 Reply

thank you Vanessa!

Mrs Reply

oh. my. goodness. awesome!

Summer_2010_1048 Reply

thanks so much mrsl!

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