Expresso Cupcakes

So yesterday my sister and I tried to recreate Hummingbird's infamous cupcakes and weren't hopeful at the prospect of creating the sheer beauty of the originals. However armed with a newly bought palette knife, espresso powder and a whole lot of optimism we started baking.
The recipe was incredibly easy to follow and the cupcakes baked perfectly in exactly the allotted time of 18 minutes, which did much to restore our faith in our OAP of an oven. However after the success of the actual baking came the most nerve racking part; the frosting! Admittedly not the most intimidating of tasks that could be asked someone but daunting none the less.

Maisy frosted the first one and was a complete natural; it looked beautiful! It took me a little longer to get the knack but all 15 cupcakes turned out amazingly and we couldn't be happier with them. They tasted fantastic as well; with a strong, bitter coffee taste both in the fluffy, light sponge and paste like frosting which wasn't too sweet but complimented the cake beautifully. We took our finished creations round to our Grandparent's house much to their delight, especially when we told them of our plan to bake every single recipe in the book (as well as concern about the possible exponential growth of their girths.)

We loved this recipe! It did exactly what baking should do-create tasty, moreish treats that bring people together and make people happy. Anyone who wants to create amazing cupcakes that taste incredible, definitely have a wow factor and are easy to bake should use this recipe. We wanted to put it on here but are unfortunately unable to due to the annoyance of copy right.