Delicious Mocha Fruit Cupcake Recipe – Christmas Mini Coffee Fruit Cakes Recipe

It is the holiday season..There must be lot of gifting going on…My favourite gifts to give has to be edible ones. Specially home baked stuffs. Giving homemade goodies to your friends and families show the person how much effort you have put for them and makes them feel special..

Similar Recipes,
Rum Fruit Cake
Chocolate Plum Cake
Eggless Fruit Cake
Microwave Fruit Cake

Thinking about what to make, i am here to give you ideas..This recipe is created just for you..It is such a great holiday recipe, it is so easy to make and taste so delicious plus it is great for gifting, so much portable and stays good for a really long time. 

This is not like your regular fruit cake, it is a mocha fruit cake. It has coffee involved, if you are a great coffee lover then you will love this for sure. I used my favourite Dunkin’ Donuts® Orginal blend coffee in this..I can never have enough of it. Normally i soak my dried fruits in rum, but this time i soaked them in a cup of a strong coffee and it gave the fruits a subtle coffee flavour and tasted so delicious. More important it will make your house smell divine.

And i have a great news to share with you all, since this is holiday season, you get $1.00 off via Ibotta on Dunkin’ Donuts® Coffee exclusively at Walmart. And there are so many seasonal flavours for you to choose from, below are some of the flavours..So hurry now and grab your goodies..

Make this for your friends, family, or your kids school teacher and enjoy the joy of gifting..Happy Holidays!

Preparation Time : 10 mins
Soaking Time : 3 hours
Baking Time : 25 to 30 mins
Makes : 12 mini cupcakes


Ingredients:

Dried Fruits – 500 grams
(I used black raisans, sultanas, dates, candied fruits and dried plums)
All Purpose Flour / Maida – 1 cup / 120 grams
Baking Powder – 2 tsp
Salt – 1/4 tsp
Milk Chocolate Chips – 1 cup
( If you dont have chips you can use chopped milk chocolate)
Dunkin’ Donuts® Orginal Blend  – 1 cup strongly brewed coffee


Method:

Take dried fruits in a bowl, add hot coffee over it and let it sit for 2 to 3 hours.

Preheat oven to 170 degree C. Line a muffin tray with cupcake cases, or use a sturdy paper cups like i have used.

In a separate bowl, add flour, baking powder, salt and mix well.

Now add the dry ingredients into the dried fruit and coffee mix, add in chocolate chips and mix well.

Now scoop this into cupcake mould.

Now bake this for 25 to 30 mins.

Remove it and let it cool down.

Serve.

Pictorial:

Use your favourite coffee..I used these ones..They are  so good and it is my favourite..

I brewed a cup of strong coffee

First lets soak the dried fruits

I used I used black raisans, sultanas, dates, candied fruits and dried plums

Pour hot coffee over it

immerse all the fruits

Cover them with a plastic wrap and leave them for 2 to 3 hours

Now the fruits are well soaked and has plumped up

Now take your other stuffs

Take all purpose flour in a bowl

add in salt

add in baking powder

mix well

spoon the fruit mix in

add in milk chocolate..you can use fruit and nuts chocolate bar or milk chocolate chips.

mix well

now the batter is done

I used these strudy paper cups..these make easy for gifting

I used a ice cream scoop to fill the mould

fill it

all done..time to bake

bake them

look how beautiful they look..filled with a lovely coffee aroma..