Guilty 'Irish' Chocolate Cupcake

Ingredients

Yield:

24 cupcakes

• Chocolate Guinness Beer Cupcake Batter

  • 1 cup of Guinness
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2/3 cup sour cream

• Jamison Whiskey Ganache Filling

  • 8 ounces bittersweet chocolate
  • 2/3 cup heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons of Jamison Whiskey

• Baileys Frosting

  • 4 cups confections sugar
  • 1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperatue
  • 4 tablespoons of Baileys

Preparation

Difficulty:

medium

Time:

30 Minutes

Total Time:

50 Minutes

1. Chocolate Guinness Beer Cupcake

   • Preheat oven to 350°F
   • Line cupcake pan with cup liners
   • Bring 1 cup of Guinness and 1 cup butter to simmer in heavy large saucepan over medium heat
   • Add cocoa powder and whisk until mixture is smooth. Cool slightly.
   • Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda, and 3/4 teaspoon salt in large bowl to blend
   • Mix eggs and sour cream in another large bowl then add Guinness-chocolate mixture and beat to combine. Then add flour mixture
   • Divide batter among cupcake liners, filling them 2/3 to 3/4 of the way
   • Bake cake for 17 minutes and cool

2. Jamison Whiskey Ganache Filling

   • Place chocolate in a heatproof bowl
   • Heat the cream until simmering and pour it over the chocolate
   • Let it sit for one minute and then stir until smooth. (20 seconds in the microwave, will also work.)
   • Add the butter and Jamison and stir
   • Let the ganache cool until thick but still soft enough to be piped (the fridge will speed this along but you must stir it every 10 minutes)
   • Meanwhile, using your 1-inch round cookie cutter or an apple corer, cut the centers out of the cooled cupcakes but make sure not to cut through to the bottom
   • Put the ganache into a piping bag with a wide tip and fill the holes in each cupcake to the top

3. Baileys Frosting

   • Whip the butter in the bowl of an electric mixer, or with a hand mixer, for several minutes or until light and fluffy
   • Slowly add the powdered sugar, a few tablespoons at a time
   • Drizzle in the Baileys and whip it until combined
   • Ice and decorate!