Vickys St Patricks Day Guinness Cupcakes, GF DF EF SF NF
In honour of St Patricks Day I dug out my Guinness cake recipe to make these cute cupcakes. If you don't fancy the stout (which gives a great depth to make a coffee / chocolate taste) you can use strong brewed black coffee instead
Vickys St Patricks Day Guinness Cupcakes, GF DF EF SF NF
In honour of St Patricks Day I dug out my Guinness cake recipe to make these cute cupcakes. If you don't fancy the stout (which gives a great depth to make a coffee / chocolate taste) you can use strong brewed black coffee instead
Cooking Instructions
- 1
Preheat the oven to gas 4 / 180C/ 350°F and line a 12 hole muffin tin. In a small bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt then set aside
- 2
Whisk together the milk and the vinegar. Add the Guinness, sugar, oil and vanilla to the milk mixture and beat until foamy
- 3
Add the dry ingredients in two batches and beat until well incorporated. Fill your cupcakes containers of choice 3/4 full. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
- 4
Let cool completely on a wire rack before topping with a swirl of the chocolate buttercream icing
- 5
Roll out the fondant to about 5mm thickness and cut out circles slightly smaller than the tops of your cupcakes. Place on top of the buttercream layer
- 6
Dye the offcuts green, roll out again, sprinkle with green edible glitter (not required but looks really good!) and cut out with a small heart cutter. You need 3 hearts per cake, 36 in all, and 12 little 'stalks' - see picture
- 7
Arrange on top of the fondant in a shamrock shape and the luck o the Irish be with ye!
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