St. Patrick's Day Recipe: Beer Cupcakes (page 2)

St. Patrick's Day Recipe: Beer Cupcakes

Posted by Alexandra C. | Thursday March 15, 2012

St. Patrick's Day is upon us and while the majority of people will be enjoying their Irish beer in pint form, I chose to enjoy it another way, in a cupcake!

This may sound a little crazy and I thought so too, but after trying this recipe out, I am convinced that beer cupcakes need to be a thing. The beer makes the cupcake moist but also gives it a spicier flavor. It's not too sweet which is a nice change from the sugar overload of Valentine's Day that I experienced (please tell me I'm not the only one chicks)!

Here's what you need:

2 cups brown sugar
1 cup butter
2 eggs
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 tsp. allspice
1/2 tsp. ground cloves
2 cups Steam Whistle Pilsner Beer
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt

I'm not a fan of nuts and extras in my cupcakes so I skipped these ingredients that the original recipe called for, but feel free to add:
1 cup chopped nuts
2 cups chopped dates
1/2 cup shredded coconut

Prep: Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line cupcake pan with papers or grease.

Step 1: Cream Butter

Cream butter and sugar together. If you've never creamed butter, it can seem like a daunting task but it's not too bad, I swear! I like to soften my butter first and use an electric hand mixer, cream until it's smooth. Add in the sugar and use the mixer to cream further, there shouldn't be any lumps.

Step 2: Eggs and Spices

Stir in eggs, spices and if you're using them, the nuts and dates. I also like to briefly whisk the eggs in a separate bowl first, which makes the cake fluffier.

Step 3: Dry Ingredients

In a separate bowl, mix together flour, baking soda and salt. Stir in Steam Whistle Pilsner. It will start to smell really yeasty, that's how you know you're doing it right!

Step 4: Batter

Combine the beer mixture with the other dry ingredients. Pour into cupcake pan and bake for approximately 20 minutes. Let cool and frost cupcakes!

I like using a cream cheese frosting for these cupcakes. Try this recipe:

2 (8 ounce) packages cream cheese, softened
1/2 cup butter, softened
2 cups sifted confectioners' sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

In a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter until creamy. Mix in the vanilla, and then gradually stir in the confectioners' sugar.

How will you be spending your St. Patrick's Day chicks?

(recipe adapted via Chef Gerry Crewe's Cooking with Beer: Favourites of Newfoundland & Labrador, other images via Steam Whistle)

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23 Comments

	on March 15, 2012 amyknows 2,352 said: This sounds like it could be a good time! Trying it out for sure. Bet the girls at work would love them. haha
	on March 15, 2012 MizzRobin 13,788 said: I can't imagine what this would taste like since I am not a huge beer fan but the pic looks yummy!!!
	on March 15, 2012 Bubblybunny 4,709 said: I used to hate creaming butter and sugar because I never knew what "fluffy" meant. So I just beat until everything is mixed and move on. Then one day, I accidentally discovered a trick. I forgot to take my butter out early to warm to room temperature. So I cut up the butter, popped it in the microwave quickly to warm it out. Usually, I only do about 8-10 sec, but I made a mistake that one time and did 30sec. About 1/2 of the butter was melted and the other half not. By then, it was too late to fix it so I went ahead with creaming the butter and sugar together. Oh my!! My butter and sugar mixture actually creamy and fluffy!! Fluffy!! There is just no other way of describing it!! It really look fluffy!! A die-hard baker may tell you this is a big no-no but hey, it worked for me and my cookie tasted good. :)
	on March 15, 2012 Bren 26,046 said: Sounds awesome!The yeast in the beer would make the batter really nice I can imagine.I cook with wine so why not beer!CHEERS!
	on March 15, 2012 takoda 28,648 said: I have a pizza dough recipe that calls for 1 cup of beer, guess who gets the rest?LOL
	on March 15, 2012 AlexJC 50 said: LOL @shuey you're too funny! The best part of this recipe is that it doesn't call for an entire bottle of beer so you can drink the rest- yay!
	on March 15, 2012 takoda 28,648 said: I never heard of adding beer to cupcakes, but it sounds good. Shuey you're crazy, but I love ya any way.LOL
	on March 15, 2012 curlysue10 7,326 said: Sounds interesting. I find that my homemade cupcakes always turn out a little dry for my liking so I have been experimenting with different "moist factors" in my recipes (oil, buttermilk, sour cream, apple sauce...). I am curious to see if beer makes a difference. I might just have to try these one day! Not to mention my bf isn't really into sweets (which sucks cause baking is a major hobby of mine lol) but if there were beer in my cupcakes I'm sure I could convince him to try them!
	on March 15, 2012 Aliza 14,011 said: HaHa @shuey, well if you're doing it for Scientific purposes, what ever the recipe calls for you must also consume ;)
	on March 15, 2012 Aliza 14,011 said: Yummy!!