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otherwise known by the long — and culturally sensitive — name: Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes with Irish Whiskey Chocolate Ganache and Baileys Cream Cheese Frosting
I spotted a link to some Irish car bomb cupcakes last week that looked a little too similar to a Smitten Kitchen recipe that I’ve been meaning to try for ages! So I’m not going to copy her recipe here, if you actually want to make these lovely cupcakes go check out Smitten Kitchen’s recipe. The only change I made was making a cream cheese frosting instead of a butter cream frosting. I thought it would have a smoother texture and go with the Baileys, whiskey, Guinness combo better.
Baileys Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
- 8 oz of cream cheese (room temperature)
- 3/4 cup – 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
- 3-4 TB of Baileys (usually you would add vanilla, but it isn’t needed with the Baileys)
1. Mix the cream cheese and confectioners’ sugar together with an electric mixer
2. Add in the Baileys (you might need a little more sugar at this point).
3. Nom, nom, nom
This was my first time making a chocolate ganache filling, so it was fun to learn something new. I also improvised a little on the filling instructions. I don’t have a 1″ cutter or piping supplies, so I used one of my new insanely sharp knives and then a butter knife to pop the round out. And then to fill them, I just used a plastic bag with the corner cut.
So I love these cupcakes, although I think they’re quite possibly the most unhealthy cupcakes of all time. :) They’re a brilliant concept though, and they go so nicely with Liberty of London trays. :P What next… maybe mojito cupcakes, or pastis cupcakes, or pink gin fizz cupcakes…
What would make an awesome drink cupcake?
