Name: Chocolate Cupcakes with Bailey's Creme Frosting
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: All-purpose flour (Optional) - 2 ½ cups; Unsweetened cocoa powder - ⅔ cup; Baking soda - 1 ¼ teaspoons; Salt - 1 teaspoon; Baking powder - ¼ teaspoon; White sugar - 1 ⅔ cups; Butter, softened - ⅔ cup; Water - 1 ¼ cups; Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon; Eggs - 2; Chocolate chips (Optional) - 2 cups; All-purpose flour (Optional) - 2 tablespoons; Butter, softened - 1 cup; Irish cream liqueur (such as Baileys®) - ¼ cup; Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons; Green food coloring (Optional) - 3 drops; Confectioners' sugar, or more as needed - 3 cups

Chocolate Cupcakes with Bailey's Creme Frosting

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15 min.

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Ingredients for - Chocolate Cupcakes with Bailey's Creme Frosting

1. All-purpose flour (Optional) - 2 ½ cups

2. Unsweetened cocoa powder - ⅔ cup

3. Baking soda - 1 ¼ teaspoons

4. Salt - 1 teaspoon

5. Baking powder - ¼ teaspoon

6. White sugar - 1 ⅔ cups

7. Butter, softened - ⅔ cup

8. Water - 1 ¼ cups

9. Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon

10. Eggs - 2

11. Chocolate chips (Optional) - 2 cups

12. All-purpose flour (Optional) - 2 tablespoons

13. Butter, softened - 1 cup

14. Irish cream liqueur (such as Baileys®) - ¼ cup

15. Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons

16. Green food coloring (Optional) - 3 drops

17. Confectioners' sugar, or more as needed - 3 cups

How to cook deliciously - Chocolate Cupcakes with Bailey's Creme Frosting

1. Stage

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

2. Stage

Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.

3. Stage

Whisk together 2 1/2 cups flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, salt, and baking powder in a large bowl until thoroughly mixed.

4. Stage

Beat in white sugar, 2/3 cup butter, water, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and eggs to make a smooth batter.

5. Stage

Place chocolate chips into a bowl and mix with 2 tablespoons flour until the chips are coated; fold chocolate chips into the batter.

6. Stage

Divide batter between the prepared muffin cups, filling each cup about 2/3 full.

7. Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, about 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool completely.

8. Stage

While cupcakes are cooling, beat 1 cup butter, Irish cream liqueur, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, and green food coloring with an electric mixer in a large bowl until mixture is smooth, thick, and evenly colored.

9. Stage

Reduce mixer speed to low and beat in confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, until frosting is desired consistency. Beat in more confectioners' sugar to make a stiffer frosting.

10. Stage

Spread frosting on cooled cupcakes.