This is one of those complicated stove using recipes. I generally shy away from them cos I am not a stovetop kind of girl. It was reasonably easy, though.
| Cupcakes |
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| |
| ¼ cup |
| unsweetened cocoa powder |
|
| 1/3 cup |
| Guinness draught stout |
|
| 1 cup |
| flour |
|
| ¾ tsp |
| baking soda |
|
| ¼ tsp |
| baking powder |
|
| 1/8 tsp |
| salt |
|
| 1/3 cup |
| butter, softened |
|
| 1 cup |
| granulated sugar |
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| 2 large |
| eggs |
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| ½ tsp |
| vanilla extract |
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| 1/3 cup |
| low fat buttermilk |
On the stovetop (see!) combine Guinness & cocoa powder. Heat through until smooth. Remove from heat and allow to cool. Add buttermilk to the cooled cocoa.
In a mixer, mix together butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time, and vanilla.
Mix together flour, baking soda, baking powder (OMG I totally forgot to add this!!), and salt (This too!!).
Alternate adding buttermilk mix and flour mix to the eggs/butter/sugar mix. End with flour.
Bake @ 350F for 20 minutes.
RecipeSource: Here
I glazed the top of the cupcakes with a beer/cocoa mixture. Beer (your choice of amount) + cocoa (til thickish) = glaze. Brush on top of cakes.
Frosting:
Chocolate (99% Scharffen Berger)
1/2 package of Cream Cheese, softened
Few tablespoons of butter
Icing sugar until icing consistency
Melt together Chocolate & Butter.
Whip Cream cheese until fluffy, add in chocobutter mix.
Add Icing sugar until frosting consistency.
This isn't my favourite icing, and I'll go back to ganache from now on. It's nice to try new things though.
Pictures are still on the camera, will update soon!
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