The cupcake turned out quite nice. It was moist, and I liked the coffee flavor in it. My mom said it was good. Ate one then took out an ice cream bar from the fridge.
My brother said it was too sweet, so sweet that he couldn't taste anything other flavor (coffee). He and his wife told me to reduce the sugar next time.
My sister liked it although she could taste the slight bitterness of the coffee. The next time I'm making chocolate cake/cupcake from scratch, I'm keeping it all for myself.
Just kidding.
Anyways, I only baked it for 25 minutes. There were still some cake sticking to the toothpick when I tested to see if it's done. Don't bake until the toothpick (skewer) comes out clean. The cake will be too dry. I put the cupcakes on a plate and wrapped it with foil. The cake was still moist today. Don't really know how the cake would fare few days more because there are none left.
My cake weren't gooey, which was fine with me.
If I were to feel inclined to do this recipe again, I'm thinking of adding more chocolate to see how that may go. Or simply toss in chocolate bits.
Sundae, if you feel your cake is a tad dry, reduce the baking time. If you want to use smaller baking tins, reduce the baking time.