Unleash Your Taste Buds with Guinness Cupcakes!

Recipe Details

Prep Time:
20 mins
Cook Time:
25 mins
Additional Time:
1 hr
Total Time:
1 hr 45 mins
Servings:
24
Yield:
24 cupcakes

Ingredients

  • 1(12 fluid ounce) can or bottleIrish stout beer (such as Guinness®)

  • ½cupmilk

  • ½cupvegetable oil

  • 1tablespoonvanilla extract

  • 3largeeggs

  • ¾cupsour cream

  • 2 ½cupsall-purpose flour

  • 2cupswhite sugar

  • ¾cupunsweetened cocoa powder

  • 1 ½teaspoonsbaking soda

  • ¼cupunsweetened cocoa powder, or more to taste

  • ¼cupIrish stout beer (such as Guinness®)

  • ½cupbutter, softened

  • ½cupcream cheese, softened

  • 2 ½cupssifted confectioners’ sugar, or more as needed

Cooking Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 12-cup muffin tins or line cups with paper liners.

  2. Whisk stout beer, milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until evenly blended. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in sour cream. Whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and baking soda in a separate bowl. Gradually mix the flour mixture ingredients into the beer mixture.

  3. Spoon cupcake batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until cupcakes are risen and set in the middle but still soft and tender, about 25 minutes. Cool in the tins, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour.

  5. Whisk cocoa powder and stout beer together in a bowl. Beat in butter and cream cheese using an electric mixer until well combined. Gradually beat in confectioners’ sugar, 1 cup at a time, until frosting has desired sweetness. Spread or pipe frosting onto cooked cupcakes.

Nutrition Facts

Full Nutrition Label
Servings Per Recipe24
Calories298
% Daily Value *
Total Fat
13g
17%
Saturated Fat
6g
28%
Cholesterol
42mg
14%
Sodium
136mg
6%
Total Carbohydrate
43g
16%
Dietary Fiber
2g
5%
Total Sugars
30g
Protein
4g
7%
Vitamin C
0mg
0%
Calcium
30mg
2%
Iron
1mg
7%
Potassium
103mg
2%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.

** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.

(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.

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