Chocolate Stout Cupcakes

DON DON DON DON!

It's the CUPCAKE FOR MEN! I personally haven't tried these, but everyone that has said that they're super yummy. I got the recipe online here, David said he prefers to use Guinness which is what I used because that's what my boyfriend drinks.

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa

2 cups sugar

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 tsp baking soda

a pinch of salt

1 bottle stout beer (I used Guinness Black Lager)

1 stick melted butter

1 tbsp vanilla extract

3 large eggs

3/4 cups sour cream

1 package cream cheese, room temperature

3/4 - 1 cup heavy cream (I used 1 cup)

1 pound confectioners sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Wisk cocoa, sugar, flour, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl combine beer, melted butter, and vanilla. Beat in eggs one at a time. Mix in sour cream until thoroughly smooth. Slowly mix the dry into the wet. Bake for 12 minutes and then rotate the cupcakes, bake for another 12 minutes.

Beat the cream cheese (until super smooth or you'll regret it later. NO CHUNKS) Add the heavy cream, and then slowly add the sugar, )you might use more that 1 pound, if you want it to be kind of thick. Mine was super gooey, and I got it everywhere but it was fun.) Refrigerate until used.

In his he said to use more of the unsweetened cocoa to sprinkle on the cupcakes, but my friend Kerry wanted to get festive and use the green sprinkles. She turned my manly-man cupcakes into girly-man cupcakes.

Fun to make, fun to eat. The alcohol bakes out, I think, so you won't get plastered if you eat them all but they do smell like beer the entire time they're in the oven.