Tiramisu Cupcakes

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 pkgs white cake mix

  (15.25 oz each)
• 6 large eggs
• 2 cups milk
• 1 cup vegetable oil
• 3/4 cup hot water
• 3 Tbsp granulated sugar
• 2 Tbsp instant espresso powder
• 2 Tbsp Kahlua coffee liqueur
• 4 containers creamy cream cheese frosting

  (16 oz each)
• 2 tsp pure almond extract
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder

  for dusting

Instructions

• 1 Heat oven to 350℉.
• 2 Line 4 muffin tins with cupcake liners (to make 48 cupcakes).
• 3 To a large mixing bowl, add the cake mix, eggs, milk, and oil.
• 4 Use an electric hand mixer on low speed to combine the ingredients until
  moistened. Then whip the batter on medium to medium-high speed 2 minutes.
• 5 Divide the batter into the muffin tin cups. Bake at 350℉ for 18-24 minutes
  (according to cake mix package directions) or until cakes are set and a
  toothpick inserted comes out clean (see Notes).
• 6 Remove muffin tins from the oven and sit on wire racks. Cool 5 minutes, then
  carefully remove the cupcakes from the muffin tins to a wire rack to cool (note
  they will be very soft).
• 7 Combine the hot water, espresso powder, Kahlua, and sugar until sugar is
  dissolved.
• 8 Use a fork to prick holes in the cupcakes (they can still be warm for this
  step). Be generous is pricking to allow the coffee mixture to soak well into the
  cake.
• 9 Use a pastry brush or small basting brush to "mop" the coffee mixture onto the
  cakes.
• 10 Once cupcakes are cooled completely: empty the frosting from the containers into
  a mixing bowl. Add the almond extract and use an electric hand mixer or whisk to
  incorporate the extract well into the frosting.
• 11 Transfer half of the frosting into a large, resealable bag. Snip a corner to
  make ~½-inch-wide hole, and pipe the frosting onto the cupcakes.
• 12 Use a small strainer/colander to dust the tops of the cupcakes with cocoa
  powder. Store covered until service. Refrigerate before service if serving in a
  warm location (such as outside on a hot day) or if serving the following day.

Nutrition Info