Cute Beer Mug Cupcakes
By: Leah Rodrigues
Published: March 9, 2012

These cute beer mug cupcakes from i am baker featured on Kitchen Daily let you have your beer and eat it too.  Chocolate Guinness cupcakes are filled with Irish whiskey caramel and then decorated with fondant.  Fondant is a pliable sugar dough that covers cakes to provide a smooth surface to decorate.  It can be purchased online, kitchen ware store, or any business that sells cake decorating materials.  The website provides a step by step tutorial on how to recreate these cupcakes at home.  These beer mug cupcakes are a St. Patrick's Day treat you have to make.


		Ingredients:
Chocolate Guinness Cake:
2 cups all-purpose flour 
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-process) plus additional for dusting 
1 1 /4 teaspoons baking soda 
3/4 teaspoon kosher salt 
2 sticks unsalted butter, softened 
1 1/2 cups packed dark brown sugar 
2 large eggs 
1  teaspoon pure vanilla extreact 
1 1/3 cups room-temperature Guinness or other stout beer 
Lightly sweetened whipped cream 
For Caramel Sauce: 
1 cup  sugar 
2 tablespoons water 
1/3 cup Irish whisky such as Jameson or Bushmills 
1/2  cup heavy cream 
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
For full recipe instructions, click here.