Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
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Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 12
 
Ingredients
Cupcakes
  • ½ cup Guinness (or stout beer)
  • ½ cup unsalted butter (1 stick)
  • 6 tbsp. unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 cup AP flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ¾ tsp. baking soda
  • ¼ tsp. + ⅛ tsp. salt
  • 1 large eggs
  • ⅓ cup sour cream
Ganache
  • 4 oz. bittersweet chocolate
  • ⅓ cup heavy cream
  • 1 tbsp. butter
  • 1-2 tbsp. Guinness
Cream Cheese Frosting
  • 2â…“ cups confectioners’ sugar, sifted
  • 3 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
  • 4 oz. cream cheese, cold
Instructions
For Cupcakes
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Place cupcake liners in muffin tins.
  3. In a small sauce pan bring ½ cup Guinness and butter to a simmer. Add in cocoa powder and stir with a whisk until smooth.
  4. In a medium bowl mix together flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt.
  5. Then in bowl of mixer beat egg and sour cream.
  6. Once stout chocolate mixture has cooled slightly, add into the the egg mixture until combined.
  7. Add in dry ingredients and beat on slow then using a rubber spatula lightly fold all the ingredients together.
  8. Divide batter among 12 cupcake tins with a ¼ cup measuring cup or a cupcake scoop.
  9. Bake for 17-18 minutes until toothpick comes out clean. Let cupcakes cool.
Ganache Filling
  1. Chop the chocolate and place in a small glass or ceramic bowl. Microwave for 1 minutes and stir.
  2. In a small sauce pan simmer ⅓ cup of heavy cream, then pour over chopped chocolate.
  3. Stir until completely melted. Add it butter and stir until melted and mixed in. Add in 1-2 tablespoons of Guinness and stir until combined.
  4. Let ganache cool in the refrigerator and make sure to stir every 10 minutes.
Frosting
  1. In the bowl of mixer, add in sifted confectioners’ sugar, and butter and beat on medium with the paddle attachment. Scrape down sides and mix until combined. Add in cream cheese and continue to mix. Turn mixer to medium-high and beat for 4-5 minutes until frosting is light and fluffy.
To Prepare Cupcakes
  1. Once cupcakes are cooled, use a cupcake corer or apple corer to scoop out middle. Put cooled ganache in a bag and cut the corner. Fill the hole in the cupcake with ganache. Top filled cupcakes with cream cheese frosting and decorate with green sprinkles.
Recipe by 2 Sisters 2 Cities at https://www.2sisters2cities.com/2013/03/guinness-chocolate-cupcakes-with-cream-cheese-frosting/