Recipe adapted from blogger Bree Hester. For more of her tasty recipes, visit bakedbree.com.
Frost cupcakes with frosting and drizzle with caramel.
Ingredients
- 1 cup Guinness
- 1 cup butter
- 3โ4 cup cocoa powder
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups Dixie Crystals sugar
- 1 1โ2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3โ4 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 2/3 cup sour cream
Caramel Ingredients
- 1 cup Dixie Crystals sugar
- 1โ4 cup water
- 6 Tablespoons Jameson Irish Whiskey
- 1โ4 cup heavy cream
- 1โ4 teaspoon salt
Baileyโs Frosting Ingredients
- 1โ2 cup butter, room temperature
- 3 cups Dixie Crystalโs confectioners sugar
- 1โ4 cup โ 1โ2 cup Baileyโs
Instructions
Add the Guinness and butter to a medium saucepan, bring to a simmer over medium heat. Add cocoa and whisk until smooth. Cool. Whisk flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Beat the eggs and sour cream in the bowl of an electric mixer. Add the Guinness mixture and beat until combined. Add the flour mixture and mix until just combined.
Set EGG for indirect cooking (with convEGGtor) to 350ยฐF/177ยฐC. Divide the batter evenly among two muffin tins lined with paper liners and cook in EGG for 17 to 20 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack.
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