Chocolate Kahlua Cupcakes with Kahlua Buttercream Frosting
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, can you believe it?! So today, I’m sharing one of my favorite recipes to celebrate the day – Chocolate Kahlua Cupcakes with Kahlua Buttercream Frosting!
This is a delicious and super easy recipe that I grew up eating and is one of my favorite desserts…EVER! Originally, this was a cake recipe, but for Valentine’s Day, I decided to make this into frosted chocolate Kahlua cupcakes!
Of course, if you want to skip the Kahlua frosting (skip if serving to kids), the cupcakes are fabulous on their own. Seriously, my family can devour two dozen in two days!
Chocolate Kahlua Cupcakes with Kahlua Buttercream Frosting
How to make moist and delicious chocolate Kahlua cupcakes with Kahlua buttercream frosting.
Ingredients
Chocolate Kahlua Cupcakes
- 1 Box Devil's Food Cake Mix
- 1 - 3oz. box Hershey's instant chocolate pudding
- 1 cup sour cream
- 1/2 cup oil
- 3 T. Kahlua coffee liquer
- 4 large eggs
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 3/4 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup chopped walnuts (substitute with chopped pecans)
Kahlua Buttercream Frosting
- 2/3 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 2/3 cup butter flavored shortening
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 4 T. cocoa powder
- 4 T. Kahlua coffee liquer
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
Instructions
Chocolate Kahlua Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350ºF. Line cupcake baking pan with liners. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix together the cake mix and instant pudding.
- In a separate bowl, mix together sour cream, oil, Kahlua, eggs, and vanilla. Add to the cake mixture and combine well. Mix in the walnuts and chocolate chips just until combined.
- Fill cupcake liners with batter 3/4 full.
- Bake 20 minutes or until set. Let cool and serve OR frost with Kahlua Buttercream Frosting.
Kahlua Buttercream Frosting
- In a large bowl, mix together butter, shortening, sugar, cocoa powder, vanilla extract, and Kahlua.
- Add to piping bag with star tip and frost cupcakes.
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Can I increase the butter and not use shortening?
Yes, just be aware that butter is more sensitive to heat/cold. It can melt if too warm and won’t look as pretty.
These cupcakes are calling my name!! Pinning and trying! Thanks for linking up at Whimsical Wednesdays Link Party!
You got me, I so want to eat this! Thanks for sharing with us at #CCBG
Oh my goodness! These look so delicious! I will definitely need to be trying these <3 Thank you for sharing this recipe! #Alittlebitofeverything #LinkUpParty
These look amazing. I am sure at some point I would ditch the baking and just drink the booze though.
Shh, don’t tell, but I did make myself a white Russian 🙂
Hi Erlene, I love chocolate and Kahlua together! These cupcakes have to be awesome! Thanks for sharing! Blessings, Janet
Thanks for visiting. This cupcake is probably my favorites to eat.
Wow! just wow!!! Kahlua and cupcakes rolled into one is spelled h-e-a-v-e-n. Thanks for the share.
🙂
Traci
Thanks Star. I hope you try it. It’s super yummy, even without the frosting.
this sounds so yummy, we love cupcakes and these sound super yummy and new
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