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My Favorite Recipes

I don't like coffee. For some reason, though, coffee and chocolate and frosting sounds...well, delicious. But I couldn't find a recipe exactly to my liking. So I made one. Below is my recipe for yummy chocolate, coffee frosting. Try it. You'll like it! (Sorry that I don't have a photo to go along with the recipe, but I was in the middle of experimenting and didn't even think of it!Also, I used a Betty Crocker chocolate cake mix for the cupcakes.)


Coffee Elixir Frosting

48 oz brewed coffee
1/4 cup milk
1 c butter
1 c cocoa powder
1-2 pounds powdered sugar

1. In pot, boil coffee down until most of the liquid is gone. This will resemble a thin syrup. (This is called a reduction for those of you who aren't addicted to Food Network.)
2. Use mixer to combine milk and butter together. Add coffee.
3. Sift two cups of sugar with cocoa. Mix into butter mixture.
4. Continue adding powdered sugar until as thick as you want. (For piping frosting onto cupcakes, stiff peaks should form when you pull the mixer out. I used a wilton #12 tip to pipe spirals.) Also, you can reduce more coffee and add at this point for more coffee flavor. Thicken with additional sugar if needed.
5. Refrigerate after items are frosted.