Happy St Patrick's Day!

In honor of St Patrick's Day I have made Guinness cupcakes, a delicious recipe I got from Confessions of a Tart. Now she was a bit more fancy then me with a ganache filling and such but I'll give it a try next time.

Cupcakes:
1 c Guinness
1 1/4 c butter
3/4 c cocoa powder
2 c flour
2 c sugar
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
3/4 tsp salt
2 eggs
2/3 sour cream


Bailey's frosting:
3 1/2 c powdered sugar
1/2 c butter
2 tbs Bailey's
2 tbs heavy cream

Pre-heat oven for 350°

Melt butter with beer over medium heat. Once melted add the cocoa powder and mix until smooth then set aside to cool a bit.

In a bowl mix flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In another bowl use a mixer to beat together eggs and sour cream until smooth. Beat in the beer mixture then beat in flour mixture until all smooth. Pour the batter into cupcake foils, about 3/4 of the way up. Bake for 15 minutes or until a knife inserted comes out clean.


Once the cupcakes are cool mix up the frosting. Beat the butter until it is fluffy. Add the sugar a bit at a time and mix well until the frosting is a bit stiff. Add the Bailey's and heavy cream, mix and then decorate the cupcakes and enjoy.

I brought them in for afternoon tea today and they went very quickly so give these a try.