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Light (or Dark) Beer Cupcakes!

Name: How to cook Light (or Dark) Beer Cupcakes! - cookcic.com
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 20 servings
Cuisine: Us

Introduce

Chef :

ribbitrebecca

Light (or Dark) Beer Cupcakes!

For a special occasion, whether a holiday or a thank you for a friend. Your choice of a light, or a dark beer like Guiness, subtly changes the flavour of the cupcake but doesn't make them overpowering.

Ingredient

Food ration :

20 servings

Cooking time :

25 mins

1 1/2 tsp

baking soda

1/2 tsp

ground ginger

1/2 tsp

cinnamon

1/4 tsp

salt

2 cup

white sugar

2 1/2 cup

all purpose or cake flour

3/4 cup

cocoa powder

12 oz

light (or dark) beer

1/2 cup

milk

1/2 cup

oil or applesauce

1/2 tbsp

vanilla extract

eggs

3/4 cup

buttermilk

1/2 cup

butter

8 oz

cream cheese

4 cup

icing or confectioners sugar

Beer (or white sweet wine)

2 tsp

red food dye (or cocoa powder)

Cooking instructions

* Step 1

Begin with the dry ingredients. Mix well together in one bowl.

* Step 2

In a seperate bowl, whisk the eggs until very well beaten. Add in the milk, the vanilla extract, the buttermilk and the oil or applesauce (as a healthy alternative to oil).

* Step 3

Add the wet ingredients to the dry

* Step 4

Do not mix excessively or the cupcakes will turn out chewier than they should be.

* Step 5

Add to muffin tin. Should make 20-25 cupcakes

* Step 6

Pop into the oven at 350°F for fifteen to twenty minutes

* Step 7

For the icing, mix the room temperature butter with the room temperature cream cheese until it becomes a smooth mixture.

* Step 8

Add the pinch of salt and ensure the icing sugar is well sifted before adding to the butter mixture

* Step 9

Choose between adding the red food colouring, or the cocoa powder to make a light pink frosting or a light chocolatey type to compliment the beer cupcakes.

* Step 10

Add a small taste of beer or sweet wine to the frosting mix without making it too thin.

* Step 11

When the cupcakes are finished, wait until they mostly cool before frosting.

* Step 12

For a Valentine's Day theme, drop one conversation heart candy on each cupcake if frosted with pink frosting. For the chocolate, richer cupcake, sprinkle cocoa powder on the frosting to finish

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