Name: Mocha melting moments
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 185 gram butter, at room temperature; 1/2 cup icing sugar; 1 cup plain flour; 1/4 cup wheaten cornflour; 1/4 cup cocoa powder; Coffee buttercream; 2 teaspoon instant coffee granules; 80 gram butter, at room temperature; 1 cup icing sugar

Ingredients

185 gram butter, at room temperature

1/2 cup icing sugar

1 cup plain flour

1/4 cup wheaten cornflour

1/4 cup cocoa powder

Coffee buttercream

2 teaspoon instant coffee granules

80 gram butter, at room temperature

1 cup icing sugar

Method

1.Preheat oven to 160°C/140°C fan forced. Line two baking trays with baking paper.

2.Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sifted icing sugar in a bowl until light and creamy. Sift flour, cornflour and cocoa powder over creamed mixture; stir to combine.

3.Using floured hands, roll heaped teaspoons of mixture into 40 balls. Place, about 5cm apart, on prepared trays, flattening slightly with a floured fork. Bake, swapping trays halfway through cooking, for 15 minutes or until golden. Cool on trays.

4.To make coffee buttercream; dissolve coffee in 1 tablespoon boiling water in a heatproof jug.

5.Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sifted icing sugar in a bowl until light and creamy. Beat in enough coffee mixture to produce a thick icing.

6.Cool as recipe directs. Sandwich biscuits with buttercream. Serve.

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