guinness cupcakes with irish cream frosting

How To Make guinness cupcakes with irish cream frosting

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  Step 1
  Preheat oven to 350'F Line two cupcake pans with cupcake liners. Total 24 cupcakes.
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  Step 2
  Place a medium sized sauce pan over medium heat on the stove. Add black coffee, butter, and 1 cup of Guinness to the sauce pan and bring it all to a low simmer. Add cocoa powder and whisk until smooth. Take off the heat and set aside to cool.
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  Step 3
  Sift flour, baking powder, pudding powder, and salt together in a large mixing bowl. Set aside.
• Step 4
  In a large bowl with an electric mixer cream sugar and eggs together.
• Step 5
  Add vanilla extract and sour cream to the egg mixture and mix on medium speed until a bit fluffy. About 3 minutes.
• Step 6
  Add cooled stout/cocoa mixture to the egg mixture slowly. Be sure the stout has cooled enough to where it will not cook the eggs. Completely incorporate into batter.
• Step 7
  Add flour mixture to egg mixture in 3rds. Completely incorporate each 3rd of flour before adding the next 3rd of flour.
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  Step 8
  With the mixer still on, add the remaining 1/2 cup of Guinness and turn mixer on high to whip the stout into the batter.
• Step 9
  Pour batter out into the two pans. Bake on a center rack for 21 minutes, or until tooth pick comes out clean. Cool completely on a wire wrack.
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  Step 10
  For Ganache filling: 1- Bring heavy cream to a low boil along with vanilla. Be sure to stir continuously to avoid scorching the cream. 2- in a large mixing bowl add chopped chocolate and butter. 3- Once cream is at a low boil remove from heat and pour over chocolate. Stir vigorously until chocolate is completely melted into cream. 4- Cover and put in refrigerator for 2 hours.
• Step 11
  For Irish Cream Frosting: 1- Beat Kerry Gold butter on medium speed with an electric mixer until fluffy. 2- Add Irish cream and vanilla to the butter and continue to beat until completely incorporated. 3- On medium speed, gradually beat confectioner's sugar into the butter mixture 1/2 cup at a time. 4- Once all sugar is completely incorporated into the butter, beat in green food coloring if desired.
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  Step 12
  Assembly: 1- Once cakes are cooled, core each cake with a sharp paring knife, or with a cupcake corer. Be sure not to cut too deep, or you will lose too much cake. 2- Pipe/or spoon in chilled ganache into each cup cake hole. 3- Pipe Irish Cream frosting onto each cake as desired.
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