I personally call this an "Irish Car Bomb Cupcake" - after the popular American Beer Cocktail, but whatever you call it, these cupcakes are amazing! The dark chocolate cake is dense, but still smooth and the filling of Bailey's ganache makes it divine... and don't even get me started on the Bailey's Buttercream! If I could, I would use it on EVERY cake I made!
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Ingredients
- For the Guinness chocolate cupcakes:
- 1 cup stout beer/ Guinness
- 2 sticks unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 3/4 tsp. salt
- 2 large eggs (make sure they're at room temperature)
- 2/3 cup sour cream
- For the Bailey's ganache filling:
- 8 oz. bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 2/3 cup heavy cream
- 2 tbsn. butter, room temperature
- 2 tsp. Bailey's Irish cream
- For the Bailey's buttercream frosting:
- 8 tbsn. unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3-4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 4 - 8 tbsn. Bailey's Irish cream (I used just a little more than this)
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