Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes
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Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes
Description
These Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes incorporate Irish stout to deepen the chocolate flavor and add moisture, combined with butter, cocoa powder, brown sugar, and flour to form a rich yet tender crumb. The sour cream softens the batter and adds slight tang that balances the sweetness. The cupcakes bake at 350°F until a toothpick inserted comes out clean, yielding evenly risen, moist cakes.
The Irish Cream Buttercream frosting uses butter, powdered sugar, Baileys Irish Cream, and heavy cream to create a creamy, fluffy topping with a smooth texture and a gentle liqueur flavor. The frosting is piped or spread over fully cooled cupcakes to prevent melting.
A complementary Irish Cream Chocolate Sauce made from Baileys, cocoa powder, light corn syrup, and semi-sweet chocolate chips can be drizzled over the cupcakes for extra gloss and richness. This adds a velvety texture and reinforces the Irish cream notes in the dessert. The cupcakes suit celebrations or special occasions where a richer chocolate flavor with stout and liqueur nuances is appreciated.
Ensure cupcakes are completely cooled before frosting to prevent buttercream from melting.Adjust powdered sugar amount in buttercream to achieve desired sweetness and consistency.Decorate cupcakes with chocolate sauce, sprinkles, or additional frosting piping as preferred.
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter unsalted
- 1 cup Guinness stout beer
- 2/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 2 egg
- 1/2 cup sour cream
IRISH CREAM BUTTERCREAM FROSTING
- 3/4 cup butter room temperature, unsalted
- 3 - 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar depending on your tastes
- salt pinch
- 4 Tbsp Baileys Irish cream original - although flavored ones would work as well
- 2 Tbsp heavy cream
IRISH CREAM CHOCOLATE SAUCE
- 1/3 cup Baileys Irish cream
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/4 cup light corn syrup
- 1/3 cup chocolate chips semi-sweet
Instructions
MAKE THE CHOCOLATE CUPCAKES
- Heat the butter, Guinness, cocoa powder and brown sugar in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk until melted. Remove from heat and let cool to almost room temperature.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a muffin pan with cupcake liners and set aside.
- To the bowl of a stand mixer (or large bowl), add salt, flour, granulated sugar, and baking soda. Stir together to mix.
- Add in cooled beer mixture and beat (slowly at first - then on medium speed) for about 1 minute.
- Add in eggs and sour cream, beat on medium speed for another 1-2 minutes. Batter will be slightly runny.
- Pour batter to fill each muffin cup about 2/3 of the way.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes (mine took 20 minutes).
- Let cool in pan for 5 minutes and then remove to cool completely on a cooling rack.
MAKE THE BUTTERCREAM
- Make sure cupcakes are completely cooled before frosting.
- In a stand mixer (or with hand mixer), cream butter until it is light and fluffy.
- Add salt and 1/2 of powdered sugar. Beat on low speed until sugar is slightly incorporated, then add remaining 1/2 of the powdered sugar. Frosting will look dry at this point.
- Add Bailey's and heavy cream and beat another 2-3 minutes.
- Add frosting to a piping bag fitted with a star tip (or whichever you prefer) and frost cupcakes as desired.
MAKE THE IRISH CREAM CHOCOLATE SAUCE
- Add Bailey's, cocoa powder and corn syrup to a small sauce pan and heat to a boil, whisking to incorporate. Once it boils, reduce heat and simmer for approximately 3 minutes.
- Remove from heat, add chocolate chips and stir until they are melted.
- Drizzle over cupcakes as desired.
Notes
- Cool cupcakes fully before frosting to maintain buttercream texture.
- Adjust powdered sugar quantity in frosting to suit taste and preferred consistency.
- Use Baileys Irish Cream original or flavored variants in frosting and sauce depending on flavor preference.
Nutrition Information
Show DetailsNutrition Facts
Serving: 24cupcakes
Amount Per Serving
Calories 423 kcal
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 423kcal | 21% |
| Carbohydrates | 66g | 22% |
| Protein | 3g | 6% |
| Fat | 17g | 26% |
| Saturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Cholesterol | 54mg | 18% |
| Sodium | 172mg | 7% |
| Potassium | 103mg | 2% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 54g | 108% |
| Vitamin A | 482IU | 10% |
| Vitamin C | 1mg | 1% |
| Calcium | 27mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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