Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes with Irish Cream Frosting

Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes with Irish Cream Frosting

These Guinness chocolate cupcakes are a great St. Patrick's Day dessert. The Baileys frosting is a showstopper!

Preparation Time
30 mins
Cooking Time
10 mins
Total Time
40 mins
Calories
132 Calories

Recipe Instructions

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 3 mini-muffin tins or line cups with paper liners; this recipe makes about 66 mini cupcakes.
Step 2
Melt 1 1/4 cups butter in a saucepan over low heat, add cocoa powder, and whisk until smooth. Stir in beer and vanilla extract. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
Step 3
Combine flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and sift into in a large bowl. Mix in sugar. Add beer mixture and stir until thoroughly combined. Add eggs, stirring until well incorporated. Spoon batter into the prepared mini-muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
Step 4
Bake in the preheated oven until tops spring back when lightly pressed, 10 to 11 minutes. Cool in the tins for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack and let cool, about 20 minutes.
Step 5
For the frosting: Beat 1 1/2 cups butter and confectioners' sugar in a bowl using an electric mixer. Add Irish cream liqueur, 1 tablespoon at a time, and beat until light, fluffy, and white in color, about 10 minutes. Top cooled cupcakes with frosting.
Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes with Irish Cream Frosting
Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes with Irish Cream Frosting
Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes with Irish Cream Frosting

Ingredients

  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup Irish stout beer (such as Guinness® Extra Stout), room temperature
  • 0.25 teaspoon salt
  • 1.25 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1.5 cups butter, softened
  • 0.75 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1.6666667461395 cups white sugar
  • 1.25 cups butter
  • 3.5 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 0.25 cup Irish cream liqueur (such as Bailey's®)

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