RECIPE | Celebrate International Coffee Day with an espresso cupcake

The UN general assembly officially adopted October 1 as International Coffee Day on March 10 2026.

Celebrate the day with something sweet.

ESPRESSO WALNUT CUPCAKES

Ingredients

Makes about 24 cupcakes

• 200g flour. Additional flour is needed to coat the walnuts
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 200g sugar
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 100g soft butter
• 3 eggs
• 150ml milk
• 1 cup brewed, and cooled Jacobs Roast and Ground coffee
• 100g walnuts

For the topping

• 200g of powdered sugar
• 100g soft butter
• 1tsp of vanilla extract

Methods and steps

1. Preheat the oven to 180° C. Sift flour and baking powder into a bowl.
2. Add sugar, salt and butter. Mix everything to a crumbly mixture. Mix the eggs with the milk in a second bowl.
3. Pour the egg milk mixture and half of the coffee into the crumbly mixture while stirring. Stir until a smooth dough has formed.
4. Chop the nuts roughly and mix in a bowl with some flour, then fold under the dough.
5. Line the muffin trays with paper cups and fill them to half the height with dough.
6. Bake in a hot oven for 20 to 25 minutes until the cupcakes spring back to the touch of a finger.
7. Remove and allow to cool completely.
8. For the icing, mix the icing sugar, butter, vanilla extract and the remaining coffee until creamy. Add the icing on to the cupcakes.
9. Put half a walnut on each cupcake for decoration.

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