Light (or Dark) Beer Cupcakes!

• 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/2 tsp ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp cinnamon
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 2 cup white sugar
• 2 1/2 cup all purpose or cake flour
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder
• 12 oz light (or dark) beer
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup oil or applesauce
• 1/2 tbsp vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup buttermilk
• 1/2 cup butter
• 8 oz cream cheese
• 4 cup icing or confectioners sugar
• 1 Beer (or white sweet wine)
• 2 tsp red food dye (or cocoa powder)

1. Begin with the dry ingredients.
2. Mix well together in one bowl.
3. In a seperate bowl, whisk the eggs until very well beaten.
4. Add in the milk, the vanilla extract, the buttermilk and the oil or applesauce (as a healthy alternative to oil).
5. Add the wet ingredients to the dry
6. Do not mix excessively or the cupcakes will turn out chewier than they should be.
7. Add to muffin tin.
8. Should make 20-25 cupcakes
9. Pop into the oven at 350F for fifteen to twenty minutes
10. For the icing, mix the room temperature butter with the room temperature cream cheese until it becomes a smooth mixture.
11. Add the pinch of salt and ensure the icing sugar is well sifted before adding to the butter mixture
12. Choose between adding the red food colouring, or the cocoa powder to make a light pink frosting or a light chocolatey type to compliment the beer cupcakes.
13. Add a small taste of beer or sweet wine to the frosting mix without making it too thin.
14. When the cupcakes are finished, wait until they mostly cool before frosting.
15. For a Valentine's Day theme, drop one conversation heart candy on each cupcake if frosted with pink frosting.
16. For the chocolate, richer cupcake, sprinkle cocoa powder on the frosting to finish

baking soda, ground ginger, cinnamon, salt, white sugar, cake flour, cocoa powder, light, milk, oil, vanilla, eggs, buttermilk, butter, cream cheese, confectioners sugar, red food

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/341126-light-or-dark-beer-cupcakes (may not work)