Recipe: Stout Cupcakes

StoutCupcakes

Looking for the perfect beer cupcake recipe? Well, look no further! Introducing...Stout Cupcakes. These little guys are quick and easy to make, and taste like heaven on earth. Let's get started!

Ingredients
1 cup Screaming Banshee Irish Cream Stout, or Sasquatch Stout
1/2 cup butter
3/4 cup cocoa
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup sour cream
2 eggs
1 tbsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
2 1/2 tsp. baking soda

(Optional) Icing
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups icing sugar, to taste
1 pinch of salt
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 1/2 - 3 tbsp. Baileys Irish Cream, to taste

Step 1
Melt Screaming Banshee or Sasquatch Stout + butter in a saucepan over medium/low heat

Step 2
Whisk in cocoa + sugar and remove from heat

Step 3
In a bowl, beat sour cream, eggs and vanilla

Step 4
Pour step 3 mixture into Sasquatch Stout or Screaming Banshee / butter mixture

Step 5
Whisk in flour + baking soda

Step 6
Fill muffin tin with cupcake liners & fill each liner 3/4 full with cupcake mixture

Step 7
Bake for 15-19 mins @ 350° until the middles are set

Step 8
Add icing (see below icing recipe & instructions), and of course, enjoy!

Short form instructions:

Ingredients
1 cup Screaming Banshee Irish Cream Stout or Sasquatch Stout
1/2 cup Butter
3/4 cup cocoa
2 cups sugar
3/4 cup sour cream
2 eggs
1 tbsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
2 1/2 tsp. baking soda

(Optional) Icing
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1/2 cup cream cheese, softened
1 1/2 cups icing sugar, to taste
1 pinch of salt
1 tsp. vanilla extract
2 1/2 - 3 tbsp. Baileys Irish Cream, to taste

Instructions
Preheat oven to 350° 

Step 1: 
Melt Screaming Banshee Irish Cream Stout  or Sasquatch Stout + butter in a saucepan over medium/low heat
Step 2: Whisk in cocoa + sugar and remove from heat
Step 3: In a bowl, beat sour cream, eggs and vanilla
Step 4: Pour step 3 mixture into Screaming Banshee or Sasquatch Stout / butter mixture
Step 5: Whisk in flour + baking soda
Step 6: Fill muffin tin with cupcake liners & fill each liner 3/4 full with cupcake mixture
Step 7: Bake for 15-19 mins @ 350° until the middles are set
Step 8: Add icing, and of course, enjoy!

Icing Instructions
To make the icing, cream together the butter and cream cheese in a stand mixer. On a lower speed, add in the icing sugar a third at a time, until all of it has been incorporated (going too fast will make a mess, so be careful). Finally, add in the salt, vanilla and Baileys, and mix to combine.

Slather the cupcakes with the cream cheese icing or, if you're feeling fancy, toss the icing into a piping bag and try to do a better job than we did.