real life test kitchen: guinness cupcakes
What’s better than a beer? Beer cupcakes! I made these Guinness cupcakes a little early for St. Patrick’s Day, and they were gobbled up faster than you can say, “Erin go bragh.” Guinness has a subtle, naturally sweet taste to it, so it melded nicely into cupcakes. The desserts weren’t overly sugary and heavy like some cupcakes are (which is both good and dangerous since I ate about four before I realized what happened). Tie on your green apron and try the recipe after the jump! — Katie D. Click for Guiness cupcakes!
• 1 ½ Cups of Guinness
• 1 Stick of Butter plus 1 Tbsp. (Unsalted)
• ¾ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
• 2 Cups Dark Brown Sugar
• ¾ Cup Sour Cream
• 2 Eggs
• 1 Tbsp. Vanilla Extract
• 2 Cups Flour
• 2 ½ tsp. Baking Soda
MELT the butter in a saucepan over medium heat along with the Guinness.
REMOVE pan from the heat and whisk in the cocoa and sugar.
MIX together sour cream, eggs, and vanilla in a separate bowl. Add to the beer and butter mixture.
MIX together the flour and baking soda in another bowl and fold into the liquid mixture. The batter will still be a little lumpy but will bake out in the oven.
BAKE the cupcakes at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes. Let them cool completely before frosting. Enjoy!
March 10th, 2010 at 7:28 am
nothing like getting faced off of cupcakes!
March 10th, 2010 at 9:28 am
thats interesting! I just became a guinness girl after all this time of light beer. sipping my guy’s I liked the foam and then I started to like the dark.
our local pub? just started serving guinness floats. ice cream and with a drizzle of baileys in a pint of G.
now that’s my kind of beer!
March 10th, 2010 at 11:22 am
Wow – these sound great. Can’t wait to try them. What kind of frosting did you use? Was there Guinness involved in making that too?
March 10th, 2010 at 11:25 am
Also — how many cupcakes do you get from the ingredient amounts that you listed? Thanks!!!
March 10th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
those are actually looking quite good right about now.
just found your blog…
obsessing over it!
xo
March 11th, 2010 at 7:25 am
Elayne- The recipe made about 20 cupcakes (although, fair warning, I couldn’t get a decent count since they were gobbled up so fast!).
I used out of the can, store bought icing. I used plain old vanilla, melted it in the microwave to smooth it out, and dyed it green.
For a really decadent St Pat’s treat, the girl’s at We Are Not Martha have a recipe for Bailey’s frosting that would be delicious on Guinness Cupcakes: http://www.wearenotmartha.com/2009/01/chocolate-mint-chocolate-chip-cupcakes-with-baileys-frosting/
March 11th, 2010 at 11:07 am
Thanks Katie!! Am totally inspired — going to try this out for a big family dinner this Saturday.
March 14th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
Yum. I am definitely making these, perhaps not in time for St Pattie’s Day though, so I’ll skip the green frosting.