Ingredients for - Guinness Cupcakes with Guinness Frosting

1. Irish stout beer (such as Guinness®) 1 (12 fluid ounce) can or bottle
2. Milk ½ cup
3. Vegetable oil ½ cup
4. Vanilla extract 1 tablespoon
5. Eggs 3 large
6. Sour cream ¾ cup
7. All-purpose flour 2 ½ cups
8. White sugar 2 cups
9. Unsweetened cocoa powder ¾ cup
10. Baking soda 1 ½ teaspoons
11. Unsweetened cocoa powder, or more to taste ¼ cup
12. Irish stout beer (such as Guinness®) ¼ cup
13. Butter, softened ½ cup
14. Cream cheese, softened ½ cup
15. Sifted confectioners' sugar, or more as needed 2 ½ cups

How to cook deliciously - Guinness Cupcakes with Guinness Frosting

1 . Stage

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease two 12-cup muffin tins or line cups with paper liners.

2 . Stage

Whisk stout beer, milk, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract together in a bowl until evenly blended. Beat in eggs 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Mix in sour cream. Whisk together flour, sugar, cocoa powder, and baking soda in a separate bowl. Gradually mix the flour mixture ingredients into the beer mixture.

3 . Stage

Spoon cupcake batter into the prepared muffin cups, filling each 3/4 full.

4 . Stage

Bake in the preheated oven until cupcakes are risen and set in the middle but still soft and tender, about 25 minutes. Cool in the tins, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely, about 1 hour.

5 . Stage

Whisk cocoa powder and stout beer together in a bowl. Beat in butter and cream cheese using an electric mixer until well combined. Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar, 1 cup at a time, until frosting has desired sweetness. Spread or pipe frosting onto cooked cupcakes.