Chocolate Coffee Cream Cheese Frosting || Recipe
How sweet are thy words unto my taste! yea, sweeter than honey to my mouth!
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When we here at Garlands of Grace aren’t sewing or packaging headcoverings for orders, we all enjoy baking very much. :) In our house, Fridays are for cupcakes! I made a vanilla pound cake base and needed the perfect icing. Chocolate was necessary and a bit of coffee wouldn’t hurt a bit! ;) Add a bit of cream cheese? Yes please! Chocolate Coffee Cream Cheese Frosting was developed and very much enjoyed and I thought I would share the recipe with you! :)
Ingredients:
- 6-7 cups powdered confectioner sugar
- 2 sticks butter {softened}
- 1 oz package cream cheese {softened}
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1 tbsp instant coffee
- 1 tbsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp almond extract
- 1/2 tsp salt
Directions
- Dissolve instant coffee in milk. Place all ingredients in mixing bowl and beat with kitchen aid or mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes!
- Scrap sides and bottom of bowl and beat for an additional minute.
- Generously ice your dessert and enjoy! :)
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Yea, when this flesh and heart shall fail, And mortal life shall cease, I shall possess, within the veil, A life of joy and peace. The earth shall soon dissolve like snow, The sun forbear to shine; But God, who called me here below, Will be forever mine. And the ransomed of the Lord shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.-Isaiah 35:10
Cranberry Orange Muffins| Recipe
Yields 12 moist muffins
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (+ 2 teaspoons for coating fresh cranberries, if used)
- 1½ tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 cups fresh cranberries
- ½ cup butter {room temperature}
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- zest of 1 LARGE orange
- 1/4 cup unsweetened plain or Greek yogurt {I used greek!}
- 1/4 cup milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375º F. Line 12 muffin cups with paper or butter & flour tray.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- Toss together fresh cranberries and 2 teaspoons of flour to coat cranberries in a separate bowl. Set aside. If using dried cranberries, simply skip this step.
- Cream together butter and sugar until lightened in color, about 3 minutes. Add an egg, one at a time, taking care to fully incorporate before adding the other. Mix in vanilla and orange zest.
- Gently fold in flour mixture, alternating with yogurt/milk. Stir until just combined. Fold in cranberries and scoop mixture into prepared muffin tins, filling about ⅔ to ¾ full. Bake until a toothpick or skewer inserted in the middle comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
- Once muffins have baked, remove from the oven and allow to cool slightly.
- Pour a delicious mug of coffee and enjoy! :)
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