Comments on: Mmmm Kahlua Chocolate Cupcakes with Kahlua Buttercream Frosting

By: Worth The Whisk

Worth The Whisk — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:15:35 +0000

THANK YOU Martha May, I appreciate your “working with the recipe” to come out OK for you. Strangely, the comments are 50/50 on whether this is a workable recipe or not. God Bless your family friends welcoming home their soldier!

By: Martha May Fink

Martha May Fink — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 18:54:36 +0000

I tried these cupcakes for the first time yesterday, and although I try to avoid giving away cupcakes that I’ve never made before, these were for a family who was welcoming home their soldier, and the Father loves Kahlua – so I just had to make them! I’m sorry that I was a little disappointed in the flavor of all things… and they were also dry… (I saw your note about drizzling them, which I should have done, as I think that would help.) Because of your note I did increase the coffee to 1 cup and cut the kahlua to 1/2 cup, but I may add some instant espresso powder to that already-brewed coffee… Also, I noticed that they didn’t call for salt! So – I would add at least 3/4 of a teasp. next time. Also, I think there is a typo in the frosting, as it was not coming together with only 6T of butter. I doubled the butter to 12T, and it was just perfect. The frosting was amazing! I will definitely make these again with these modifications. It made 28 – perfect to try and to give away!
Thank you—-
-Martha
Manchester, NH

By: Worth The Whisk

Worth The Whisk — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 23:43:59 +0000

CMR, I feel bad for your experience, and edited the post to include right up front how Super-Kahlua these are. My apologies for an unhappy out come.

By: cmr

cmr — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:11:38 +0000

These were a complete waste of time and ingredients!!! Too much Kahlua!!!! Ruined the whole thing!!!! Get your recipes straight!!!!

By: Elicia

Elicia — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:49:56 +0000

Just made the frosting to use on my own chocolate cake recipe. The frosting is fabulous! I think the Kahlua flavor is perfect, didnt change any part of the recipe! Going to try putting some mocha chips on top of my cupcakes. Yum-O! Thank you so much for posting this recipe!

By: britMonster

britMonster — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 19:36:32 +0000

I used the Kahlua buttercream recipe, but not the cake recipe. The buttercream is TO DIE FOR! I added a little extra Kahlua to taste because I wanted it a bit stronger, but this buttercream is well worth the time!

By: Kelly Morris

Kelly Morris — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 23:26:53 +0000

Seached blogs for a creative cupcake. Yours won, hands down. They were sooo amazing. The flavors were great and the icing was the best!!!!

By: Worth The Whisk

Worth The Whisk — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 21:46:09 +0000

Hi Chris, sorry you felt that way. Was it the flavor? Some people expect a big wallop of Kahlua flavor in baked goods, but when I worked for the company we always were careful to not knock someone over the head with Kahlua flavor. What would you do differently with the recipe?

By: chris

chris — Sat, 26 Feb 2011 17:10:23 +0000

This recipe was really a waste of my time. So disappointed.

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By: Yum

Yum — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 23:11:32 +0000

I made these this past weekend and they were soooooo good! I made the recipe “as is” and they came out great. Once they were done, I added some Heath Bits O’ Brickle on top of the frosting. Everyone at the party loved them!

By: Cyndy

Cyndy — Thu, 27 May 2010 03:39:47 +0000

I know this is late in coming, but I made these delicious cupcakes and they were absolutely to die for good. They are our newest Post and we’ve linked back to your site. Thank You for the most awesome cupcakes!!

Cyndy
Bunny’s Warm Oven

By: Worth The Whisk

Worth The Whisk — Wed, 12 May 2010 17:32:55 +0000

Hi Laura, very sorry about your results AND SOOOOO sorry to disappoint! Kahlua DOES taste great, and sounds like you were hoping for big Kahlua flavor. The recipes we made for the Kahlua company were often subtle in Kahlua flavor because a lot of people rejected hyper-boozy tasting foods. But I thank you for pointing out the silicone cup problem — readers, this recipe was developed before those were available, not tested for those. And I don’t own the silicone cups, either.

One trick I would recommend if, after you taste a cupcake and want MORE Kahlua flavor is to poke the baked goods with a bamboo skewer and drizzle Kahlua right over. NOT TOO MUCH, however (i.e. no more than two teaspoons per cupcake). Then frost.

By: laura

laura — Wed, 12 May 2010 16:10:34 +0000

This recipe looked so yummy, but unfortunately the results were very disappointing. I made these for a Mexican feast for 10 people, and we ended up throwing them out and buying a last-minute boxed cake mix instead

I baked the majority of the cupcakes in silicone cups, and they completely stuck to the cups and could not be removed without falling apart. (The ones that I baked in regular muffin tins came out intact though.)

A bigger problem is that they had almost NO flavor whatsoever. They weren’t’ chocolatey or kahlua-y enough. Very bland. I was able to make the frosting more flavorfull by adding ~3 times as much chocolate, coffee and kahlua as the recipe calls for, and then we used this frosting on the boxed cake…

I wanted to like these cupcakes, but I (and my guests) were very unimpressed.

By: Jen @ MaplenCornbread

Jen @ MaplenCornbread — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:00:22 +0000

Kahlua goodness!!! So cute!

By: Cooking with Denay

Cooking with Denay — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 16:05:34 +0000

Wow, these look amazing. I was just reading a white paper on new food trends for 2010 and beyond and it reports an upsurge of chocolate and coffee infused desserts, candies and other baked goods, since consumers are definitely searching for that one product that will fulfill their need for chocolate, energy/alertness. These little jewels would certainly fit the bill.

Thanks for sharing, will definitely try this recipe!