Chocolate Stout Cupcakes With Irish Whiskey Buttercream
- FOR THE CUPCAKES:
- 1 cup Stout
- 2 sticks Unsalted Butter
- 4 ounces, weight Dark Chocolate, Chopped
- 3/4 cups Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- 1/4 cups Brewed Coffee
- 2 cups All-purpose Flour
- 2 cups Sugar
- 1-1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 3/4 teaspoons Salt
- 2/3 cups Sour Cream
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 2 whole Eggs
- FOR THE BUTTERCREAM FROSTING:
- 3-1/2 cups Powdered Sugar
- 1/4 cups Whole Milk
- 1 cup Butter, Softened
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 2 Tablespoons Irish Whiskey
- Preheat oven to 350u0b0F. Line your mini muffin tins with seasonally appropriate liners. Recipe makes roughly 72 mini cupcakes. Set pans aside.
- Bring stout and butter to a simmer in a saucepan over medium low heat. Add the dark chocolate and cocoa powder and whisk until mixture is smooth. Add coffee and continue to whisk. Once smooth, set aside to cool.
- In a separate large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- Beat the sour cream and vanilla together in another large bowl, or in the bowl of an electric stand mixer. Add eggs one at a time, beating after each addition. Add the cooled chocolate mixture to the egg mixture and mix until just combined.
- Add the flour mixture 1/2 at a time, beating the batter on low between additions. Using a spatula, fold the batter the rest of the way and pour into muffin tins, filling each 3/4 of the way. Bake for 14 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
- Once cupcakes are completely cool, make the frosting. In a large bowl using an electric mixer, beat all of the frosting ingredients together until creamy and smooth. Frost cooled cupcakesand enjoy.
- Makes 72 mini cupcakes.
- Recipe Adapted From Bon Appetit and Smitten Kitchen.
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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/chocolate-stout-cupcakes-with-irish-whiskey-buttercream/ (may not work)