Chocolate and coffee cupcakes with Baileys® buttercream

Preheat oven to 180 C / Gas 4 and prepare cupcake cases on baking tray.

Combine instant coffee and water and set aside.

Mix together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and mix until combined.

Sieve together flour and cocoa powder and add half to butter mixture. Add ground almonds.

Melt the chocolate, taking care not to burn it and add to the butter mixture.

Add milk, remaining flour/cocoa and coffee to butter mixture and mix well.

Divide into cupcake cases and bake in preheated oven for approximately 20-25 minutes.

For the buttercream mix butter until creamy and then fold in icing sugar and Baileys, adding a little of each at a time until you reach the required quantity and taste.