Cappuccino Cupcakes With Cream Cheese Mascarpone Frosting

I found this on bakespace.com I'm not sure where I can find coffee extract or vanilla paste. I don't recall ever seeing them at my local market. Hmm...

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Yields: 24 Cupcakes

Ingredients

• Cupcakes

• 2  cups flour
• 4  teaspoons baking powder
• 2  teaspoons salt
• 1 1⁄2 cups unsalted butter, softened
• 1 1⁄2 cups brown sugar
• 4  large eggs
• 2  tablespoons  coffee extract
• 1  cup half-and-half

• Frosting

• 1⁄2 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 16  ounces mascarpone cheese, softened
• 2  teaspoons vanilla bean paste
• 2  lbs confectioners' sugar
•  cinnamon, for garnish

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350ºF.
2. Mix flour, powder, and salt together and set aside.
3. Cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy in mixer.
4. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Add coffee extract.
5. Alternately add dry ingredients and half and half, beating till smooth.
6. Pour into prepared tins and bake 25 minutes or till tester comes out clean.
7. Cool completely. Frost with cream cheese-mascarpone frosting and dust with cinnamon.
8. Frosting:
9. With an electric mixer, beat the butter and mascarpone cheese together until fluffy.
10. Add the vanilla paste and the sugar incrementally, until fully incorporated.