Cop Cakes

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 2 large eggs
• 1 cup low-fat vanilla yogurt
• 2/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 4 tablespoons oil
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup butter, melted
• 1/8 cup granulated sugar
• 1/8 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa
• 1/4 cup whipping cream
• 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules
• 1 teaspoon kahlua

Recipe

• 1 to make cupcakes:.
• 2 preheat oven to 400-degrees f. line a standard muffin pan with paper cups.
• 3 whisk flour, baking powder, baking soda salt, and cinnamon in a large bowl. in a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, yogurt, sugar, oil, and vanilla. add flour mixture and mix with light strokes until the dry ingredients are just moistened. do not overmix; batter will not be smooth.
• 4 divide batter among the muffin cups and bake until a toothpick inserted in one or two of the muffins come out clean, 12-15 minutes.
• 5 while the muffins are baking, melt butter and place in a bowl just large enough to hold a muffin. combine sugar and cinnamon in a small, shallow bowl. as soon as the muffins are done, dip them one at a time in the melted butter and then roll in the sugar mixture. set on a rack to cool.
• 6 to make buttercream:.
• 7 beat butter, powdered sugar and cocoa at medium speed until fluffy.
• 8 microwave whipping cream until warm (do not boil), about 15-20 secs. stir together warm cream and coffee granules until dissolved; cool. slowly add coffee-cream mixture in 1 tsp increments and liqueur to butter mixture, beating until smooth. you may not use all of the coffee/cream mixture, just use what you need until you get the consistency you like.