Mocha Cupcakes with Coffee Whipped Cream Frosting - turn white cake mix into Mocha Cupcakes and then top them with our super yummy Coffee Whipped Cream Frosting. This is a super easy homemade cupcake recipe that the coffee lovers in your life beg you for this recipe. Pin this yummy Coffee dessert for later and follow us for more easy cupcake recipe ideas. #cupcakes #mocha #coffee #cupcakerecipes

We turn white cake mix into Mocha Cupcakes and then top them with our super yummy Coffee Whipped Cream Frosting.  These Mocha Cupcakes with Coffee Whipped Cream Frosting are easy to make and delicious to eat. What could be better?

I love coffee.  I drink it every day.  Lots and lots of it.  So it was a no-brainer for us to work on a cupcake recipe that is chock-filled with the delicious flavor of a creamy hot cup of coffee.  The cupcake is coffee-flavored with just a hint of chocolate, just like any good Mocha Latte should be. And on top, a swirl of our creamy and delicious Coffee Whipped Cream Frosting.  If you like a good cup of coffee, you’re gonna love this cupcake. 

Ingredients for Mocha Cupcakes

We used a White Cake Mix and Instant Coffee as the base for our Mocha Cupcakes.  We like these Starbucks French Roast Instant Coffee packets which you can find in most grocery stores in the coffee aisle but you can use any brand that you like.  If you need some tips on how to make a cake mix taste more like homemade, check out our Working with Cake Mixes post.  

Dissolve Instant Coffee in Milk

Stir the instant coffee into the Milk until it is thoroughly mixed.  You might need to let the milk rest in the refrigerator for a bit so that the instant coffee dissolves completely.

Stir Milk and Instant Coffee until crystals are dissolved

If you are having problems getting the instant coffee and the milk completely mixed, run the mixture through a finely gauged colander to filter out the un-dissolved coffee crystals.

Mocha Cupcake batter

Add the cake mix, coffee flavored milk, oil and egg yolks to the bowl and mix for two minutes.

Add Cocoa Powder to Mocha Cupcake batter

Now add the cocoa powder and mix until combined.

Mocha Cupcakes out of the oven

Fill your cupcake liners 3/4 full with the Mocha Cupcakes batter and bake the cupcakes in a 350 degree oven for 18-20 minutes.

Coffee Whipped Cream Frosting

Now make a batch of our super delicious The Best Coffee Whipped Cream Frosting.  Light, airy, not too sweet and flavored with the just the right amount of Coffee, this is the perfect frosting for these cupcakes.  You will find detailed instructions on how to make the frosting here.

Chocolate Drizzle for Mocha Cupcakes

We used a decorating bag and a Wilton 2D Decorating Tip to swirl on The Best Coffee Whipped Cream Frosting.  You can see a video on how to make this frosting swirl right here.  For the chocolate drizzle, place a handful of chocolate chips (we used Semi-Sweet) in a plastic bag.  Heat them in the microwave until they are melted.  Snip off a tiny corner of the plastic bag and use it to drizzle chocolate over the frosting swirls.

Mocha Cupcakes with Coffee Whipped Cream Frosting - turn white cake mix into Mocha Cupcakes and then top them with our super yummy Coffee Whipped Cream Frosting. This is a super easy homemade cupcake recipe that the coffee lovers in your life beg you for this recipe. Pin this yummy Coffee dessert for later and follow us for more easy cupcake recipe ideas. #cupcakes #mocha #coffee #cupcakerecipes

So pretty and so delicious!

Mocha Cupcakes with Coffee Whipped Cream Frosting - turn white cake mix into Mocha Cupcakes and then top them with our super yummy Coffee Whipped Cream Frosting. This is a super easy homemade cupcake recipe that the coffee lovers in your life beg you for this recipe. Pin this yummy Coffee dessert for later and follow us for more easy cupcake recipe ideas. #cupcakes #mocha #coffee #cupcakerecipes

These yummy cupcakes are also super easy to make and the perfect treat for that Coffee lover in your life!

Mocha Cupcakes with Coffee Whipped Cream Frosting - turn white cake mix into Mocha Cupcakes and then top them with our super yummy Coffee Whipped Cream Frosting. This is a super easy homemade cupcake recipe that the coffee lovers in your life beg you for this recipe. Pin this yummy Coffee dessert for later and follow us for more easy cupcake recipe ideas. #cupcakes #mocha #coffee #cupcakerecipes

Mocha Cupcakes with Coffee Whipped Cream Frosting

Yield 18 cupcakes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Additional Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes

We turn white cake mix into Mocha Cupcakes and then top them with our super yummy Coffee Whipped Cream Frosting.  These Mocha Cupcakes with Coffee Whipped Cream Frosting are easy to make and delicious to eat. What could be better?

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. Stir the instant coffee into the Milk until it is thoroughly mixed.
  2. Add the cake mix, coffee flavored milk, oil and egg yolks to the bowl and mix for two minutes.
  3. Add the cocoa powder and mix until combined.
  4. Spoon cake mix into cupcake liners.
  5. Bake the cupcakes in a 350 degree oven for 18-20 minutes.
  6. Make a batch of our The Best Coffee Whipped Cream Frosting.
  7. Add a swirl of the frosting to the cupcakes using a Wilton 2D Decorating Tip.
  8. Drizzle melted chocolate over the frosting swirl. (optional)

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