Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes
Makes 12 standard cupcakes
Ingredients
Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes
- ½ c Guinness stout
- ½ c unsalted butter
- ⅓ c natural, unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¾ c all purpose flour
- ½ c granulated sugar
- ¼ c brown sugar
- 1¼ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- ⅔ c sour cream
- 1 large egg
- ½ tsp vanilla extract
Guinness Buttercream
- ½ c unsalted butter
- 3 c powdered sugar
- 2-3 tbsp Guinness stout
Instructions
Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes
- In a small pot add Guinness stout and butter. Simmer over medium heat until butter melts.
- Preheat oven to 350F. Prepare cupcake tin with cupcake liners.
- Add cocoa powder and whisk to combine. Set aside to cool.
- In a medium bowl add flour, sugar, baking powder, and sugars. Whisk to combine.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer (or large bowl if using a hand mixer), add sour cream, egg, and vanilla. Mix on low for about 30 seconds to combine.
- Add Guinness mixture to sour cream mixture. Mix on low until combined. About 30 seconds.
- Add dry ingredients to liquids. Mix on low making sure all flour is combined. About 30 seconds.
- Bake for about 20 minutes. Cupcakes are done when middle springs back when pressed, or toothpick comes out of center clean.
- Cool in cupcake tin for about 5 minutes, until cupcakes have cooled enough to handle. Remove from cupcake tin and allow to fully cool on wire rack before topping with buttercream.
Guinness Buttercream
- Add butter to bowl of stand mixer. Beat until fluffy.
- Add powdered sugar and salt. Mix until combined with butter.
- Add Guinness stout until reaching desired consistency.