Chocolate Guinness® Cupcakes with Irish Cream Frosting

These rich chocolate Guinness® mini cupcakes are a great St. Patrick's Day dessert. The Irish cream frosting is a showstopper!

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

Ingredients

• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
• 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 ¼ cups butter
• 1 ½ cups butter, softened
• 3 ½ cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 ⅔ cups white sugar
• 1 cup Irish stout beer (such as Guinness® Extra Stout), room temperature
• ¼ cup Irish cream liqueur (such as Bailey's®)

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

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.