GUINNESS® CUPCAKES WITH GUINNESS® FROSTING

Guinness® Cupcakes with Guinness® Frosting image

A friend of mine suggested that I try Guinness® cupcakes as my next baking adventure, and they came out amazing.

Provided by Rebecca Lamb

Categories World Cuisine Recipes European UK and Ireland Irish

Time 1h45m

Yield 24

Number Of Ingredients 15

Ingredients

1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle Irish stout beer (such as Guinness®)
½ cup milk
½ cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
3 large eggs
¾ cup sour cream
2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder, or more to taste
¼ cup Irish stout beer (such as Guinness®)
½ cup butter, softened
½ cup cream cheese, softened
2 ½ cups sifted confectioners' sugar, or more as needed

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 12-cup muffin tins or line cups with paper liners.
Whisk stout beer, milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until evenly blended. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in sour cream. Whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and baking soda in a separate bowl. Gradually mix the flour mixture ingredients into the beer mixture.
Spoon cupcake batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.
Bake in the preheated oven until cupcakes are risen and set in the middle but still soft and tender, about 25 minutes. Cool in the tins, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour.
Whisk cocoa powder and stout beer together in a bowl. Beat in butter and cream cheese using an electric mixer until well combined. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, until frosting has desired sweetness. Spread or pipe frosting onto cooked cupcakes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 298 calories, Carbohydrate 43 g, Cholesterol 42.3 mg, Fat 13 g, Fiber 1.5 g, Protein 3.7 g, SaturatedFat 5.6 g, Sodium 136.3 mg, Sugar 29.9 g