chocolate-beer-cupcakes-with-whiskey.json

{
    "directions": [
        "Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).",
        "Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.",
        "Bring Irish stout beer and 1 cup butter to a boil in a saucepan and set aside until butter has melted, stirring occasionally. Mix in cocoa powder until smooth.",
        "Whisk together flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt in a bowl until thoroughly combined.",
        "Beat eggs with sour cream in a large bowl with an electric mixer on low until well combined. Slowly beat in the beer mixture, then the flour mixture; beat until the batter is smooth.",
        "Divide batter between the prepared cupcake cups, filling each cup about 2/3 full.",
        "Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 17 minutes.",
        "Cool the cupcakes completely. Cut cores out of the center of each cupcake with a sharp paring knife. Discard cores.",
        "Bring cream to a simmer in a saucepan over low heat; stir in bittersweet chocolate until melted.",
        "Mix in 2 tablespoons butter and Irish whiskey until butter is melted; let mixture cool to room temperature. Filling will thicken as it cools.",
        "Spoon the filling into the cored cupcakes.",
        "For frosting, whip 1/2 cup butter in a bowl with an electric mixer until fluffy, 2 to 3 minutes.",
        "Set mixer to low speed and slowly beat in confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, until frosting is smooth and spreadable. Beat in the Irish cream liqueur; adjust thickness of frosting with more confectioners' sugar if needed.",
        "Spread frosting on filled cupcakes."
    ],
    "ingredients": [
        "1 cup Irish stout beer (such as Guinness\u00ae)",
        "1 cup butter",
        "3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder",
        "2 cups all-purpose flour",
        "2 cups white sugar",
        "1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda",
        "3/4 teaspoon salt",
        "2 large eggs",
        "2/3 cup sour cream",
        "2/3 cup heavy whipping cream",
        "8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped",
        "2 tablespoons butter",
        "1 teaspoon Irish whiskey, or more to taste",
        "1/2 cup butter, softened",
        "3 cups confectioners' sugar, or more as needed",
        "3 tablespoons Irish cream liqueur (such as Baileys\u00ae), or more to taste"
    ],
    "language": "en-US",
    "source": "allrecipes.com",
    "tags": [],
    "title": "Chocolate Beer Cupcakes With Whiskey Filling And Irish Cream Icing",
    "url": "http://allrecipes.com/recipe/220447/chocolate-beer-cupcakes-with-whiskey/"
}