Cappuccino Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Mascarpone Frosting

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 2 cups flour
• 4 teaspoons baking powder
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 2 tablespoons coffee extract
• 1 cup half-and-half
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 16 ounces mascarpone cheese, softened
• 2 teaspoons vanilla bean paste
• 2 lbs confectioners' sugar
• cinnamon, for garnish

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350ºf.
• 2 mix flour, powder, and salt together and set aside.
• 3 cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy in mixer.
• 4 add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. add coffee extract.
• 5 alternately add dry ingredients and half and half, beating till smooth.
• 6 pour into prepared tins and bake 25 minutes or till tester comes out clean.
• 7 cool completely. frost with cream cheese-mascarpone frosting and dust with cinnamon.
• 8 frosting:.
• 9 with an electric mixer, beat the butter and mascarpone cheese together until fluffy.
• 10 add the vanilla paste and the sugar incrementally, until fully incorporated.