This week, one of the baking challenges involved the Chocolate Espresso Whole Wheat Brioche dough. I just couldn’t resist making cupcakes!
My dough includes not only cocoa and chocolate chips, but coffee. After mixing it up, I let it rise for two hours and I couldn’t believe how beautiful it was!
Chocolate Espresso Whole Wheat Brioche dough
Hot out of the oven
Chocolate cupcake topped with whipped cream
I didn’t have bittersweet chocolate so I substituted semisweet chocolate chips. Well, I asked my expert taste tester and head chef Dave what he thought about this recipe. He agreed with me that this is a keeper. Since this is a bread dough, these cupcakes are not as light as regular cupcakes – more like a quick bread consistency. The cocoa and chips gives this treat a great chocolate taste, but not too sweet. I love how adding the raw sugar on the top just adds that sweet touch. We couldn’t taste the coffee but we really didn’t miss it. Next time I’ll use espresso powder.
I’ve mentioned this before, but again I have to say, this is the easiest way to make great whole wheat breads. I love not having to knead. Just throw it together, let rise, and then bake.
To see what the other bakers are doing with this dough, check out Bigblackdogs.
Look wonderful!!!
Your cupcakes turned out wonderful. I bet they tasted just as good.
I love this dough and your muffins turned out beautifully!
~Susan
I didn’t get to this bread but your cupcakes with cream look so delicious. Great photos too.
Your cupcakes look great. I did not get to the chocolate bread but hope to try it soon!
These look like an awesome excuse to eat chocolate for breakfast!
Beautiful Muffins and they are more like sweet bread then a cupcake. And they sure look moist and rich too!
I love this bread too!! I couldn’t find instant espresso….so I had to buy espresso beans and make pot….gee darn! LOL. Your muffins look wonderful, especially with the whipped cream on top YUM!
Danielle, Ours came from King Arthur but of course I forgot about it. That’s a shame you had to make a pot!
Joanne, You are right! A great excuse for a chocolate breakfast and their healthy – well, with all that whole wheat flour and honey they are healthy.
Brenda and Bonnie, If you like chocolate, you’ll love this. And I used the chocolate chips instead of the bittersweet chocolate. After seeing peanut butter slathered on this bread, hubby suggested using peanut butter chips. Yum!
My those cupcakes look good! I want one!
Wow, they look so yummy! Coffee and cocoa sounds like a great mix!