Super Easy Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes Recipe

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Line the cupcake tins with paper liners.
• Mix the flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in a bowl.
• In a separate bowl add the eggs, whole milk, oil, Guinness Stout, and vanilla.
• Add the bowl containing the eggs, whole milk, oil, and vanilla to the bowl holding the dry ingredients.
• Mix all together until fully incorporated.
• Beat for 3 minutes on medium.
• Slowly add the boiling water starting with a small amount then pour in the remaining boiling water.
• The batter may be a little runny.
• Scoop batter into cupcake paper liners until ¾ full.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
• Remove from oven and allow to cool for 10 minutes.
• Take out of cupcake pan and place on a wire rack until completely cooled.

Guinness Chocolate Frosting Directions

• Beat the softened butter on its own until smooth.
• Add cocoa and powder sugar alternately with heavy cream into the creamed butter until it becomes a smooth and thick texture.
• Add the Guinness Stout.... Fold in.
• If the frosting is too thick, add more heavy cream, if too thin, add more powder sugar.
• Take a spoon of frosting and turn the spoon upside down and see if the frosting holds to the spoon... if not add more powdered sugar, if so then....
• Scoop frosting into a large pastry bag with a frosting tip.
• Twist the open end of the pastry bag to push frosting to the tip.
• Frost cupcakes....by starting at the outside edge of the cupcake and work to the center of the cupcake.