Beer Cupcakes
By cupcake girl on March 25th, 2008 . Filed under: Recipes .
Picture & Recipe via Gena @ Big City, Little Kitchen.
Cake
1 cup Guinness
1 stick, plus 1 tb, unsalted butter
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
2 cups dark brown sugar
3/4 cup sour cream
2 eggs
1 tb vanilla extract
2 cups flour
2 1/2 tsp baking soda
Glaze*
8 oz cream cheese
1 1/4 cups confectioners’ sugar
1/3 cup milk
Preheat oven to 350; butter a muffin tin.
Combine the Guinness and the butter, chopped into 1-inch chunks, in a large sauce pan, and heat to melt the butter. Remove from heat, and whisk in the cocoa and sugar. In a bowl, whisk the sour cream with the eggs and vanilla, then add to the beer mixture. Sift together the flour and baking soda, and fold into the batter. Pour into muffin molds and bake for 25 minutes, or until inserted cake tester comes out clean. Let stand 10 minutes, remove from muffin tin, and cool completely on a rack.
Using a mixer, whip cream cheese until smooth, sift in sugar, and beat. Add milk, and beat until smooth. Spread glaze over cooled cupcakes.
*To create a thinner glaze, use a tablespoon or two more milk; for a topping more akin to icing, use less milk, and perhaps more sugar. In either case, add a little sugar or milk at a time, mix, and check for desired consistency.
March 26th, 2008 at 11:53 am
My hubby will love these!
March 26th, 2008 at 12:05 pm
I’ve made some like this, then tossed in some amaretto cherries and frosted them with cherry buttercream. The most popular cupcakes I have EVER made. My hunnies coworkers went nuts over them
March 26th, 2008 at 2:57 pm
i have used this exact recipe and it was delicious!
The second time I made them I replaced the Guiness with Sammy Smith’s Double Chocolate Stout with a sticky fudge frosting those were really tasty too!
Beer & Cupcakes, what a wonderful world.
Here is a photo of the double chocolate stout cakes:
http://flickr.com/photos/modelcitizen/2269563083/