St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes ... for Grown-Ups
Most evangelicals are shaky when it comes to our knowlege of church history. We're especially weak when it comes to the lives of the saints. If you would like to satisfy your curiosity about the hoopla surrounding
St. Patrick's Day, check out this article "Who Was the Real St. Patrick?"
To my great surprise, I found out there is good reason to celebrate the life of this shepherd-slave turned Christian missionary every March 17. And there's no better way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day than with a batch of tempting chocolate cupcakes!
However, lest you think that cupcakes are for "girly girls" and children, think again. Eaten in moderation (of course) this version will please even the manliest man in your household.
Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes with Bailey's Irish Cream Frosting
Cake
2 cups stout (such as Guinness)2 cups (4 sticks) unsalted butter
1 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder (preferably Dutch-process)
4 cups all purpose flour
4 cups sugar
1 tablespoon baking soda
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
4 large eggs
1 1/3 cups sour cream
For preparation directions,
click here.
Easy Irish Cream Frosting
8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
4 tablespoons butter, at room temperature
3 cups powdered sugar
3-4 tablespoons Irish Cream liqueur (such as Bailey's)
In a medium bowl, blend together cream cheese, butter, and liqueur. Gradually add powdered sugar, mixing until all ingredients are incorporated well.
Use immediately.
Via Food.com.
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Photos: ChrisBlakeley (1 & 3) heylovedc, QuintanaRoo (Flickr)
What are you making for Saint Paddy's Day this year?
11 comments:
Oh those look fabulous!!!
Oh my...these cupcakes are for grown ups...yum!!
Thank you so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and please come back!
Oh I love the sound of these! The Guinness will give the cake mixture such a gorgeous flavour, and as for the frosting - yum!! Bailey's Irish Cream is so good, and it is lovely to have a recipe to use what I have left over from Christmas.
Thank you for sharing - I hope to make these in time for St Patrick's Day. Thank you also for linking up to Feed Me Tweet Me Follow Me Home :)
I LOVE Irish Cream, so I can't wait to try these cupcakes...yum! Found you via Tater :)
Yum! I'm featuring this tomorrow at womenwhodoitall.blogspot.com
Jill :)
they sound for yummy!! Glad you find him worth celebrating :) I am gathering ideas now. I did find a kid's cupcake recipe, but will prob do this one too.
Thanks so much for linking up to THIS WEEK'S CRAVINGS for Everything GREEN St. Patrick's Day, don't forget to stop by next Monday for Chocolate... Chocolate and More Chocolate!!!
http://momscrazycooking.blogspot.com/search/label/THIS%20WEEKS%20CRAVINGS
YES!!! I have been looking for something like this forever, I'm SO EXCITED!!! Thank you for sharing.
I appreciate that you mentioned the history of this holiday, it is truly meaningful and very interesting story.
We are having Bangers (sausages), Mashed potatoes, Baked Cabbage, probably Soda Bread, and bread pudding with butter rum sauce! Plus some Guinness
Yum! Those look divine! Thanks for joining us on Cupcake Tuesday!
~Liz
Just Stopping by from TMTT. What a fun and festive cupcake! I wanted to invite you to check out my Iron Chef Challenge This month's themed ingredient is canned tomatoes, so link up a recipe using those and you could win a prize. It should be a lot of fun, hope you can join us!!
These cupcakes are divine! The icing is a thing of beauty--oh, to be able to do that! I enjoyed the gorgeous photos and the background on St. Pat. Have a great Foodie Friday!
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