St Patrick's Day: Bailey Cupcakes

Since I will not be celebrating St. Patrick's Day in the traditional sense, my friend and I decided to make  some festive cupcakes for the occasion. I have made Bailey's Cupcakes in the past but these are a bit different and I think they turned out even better. The buttercream was AMAZING and there was actually almost a full cup of baileys right in the actual cupcake. This is a recipe I am sure will be requested again and again!  

The recipe was adapted from How Sweet Treats Kahlua and Cream Double Chunk Cupcakes. 

For the Cupcakes (Makes 12): 

1 Cup All Purpose Flour 

1/4 Cup Unsweetneed Cocoa Powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

3/4 Cup sugar

1 large egg 

2 teaspoons vanilla extract 

1/2 cup butter, melted

1/2 cup sour cream

3/4 cup Baileys 

For the Icing 

1 Cup butter, room temperature

Approx 3 Cups icing sugar 

2 teaspoons vanilla extract 

2 table spoons baileys

Directions: 

Preheat oven to 350 F. 

In a bowl combine flour, cocoa power, baking soda and salt

In a separate bowl whisk together egg and sugar. Stir in vanilla and melted butter. Add flour mixture in two parts, alternating with sour cream. Stir in Baileys. 

Spoon batter into cupcake lined pan. Fill about 2/3s full. Bake for 15-18mins or until tooth pick inserted into centre comes out clean. Let cool completely before frosting. 

Frosting: 

Beat butter with electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add in icing sugar slowly. Beat in vanilla and Baileys until fluffy.

Chocolate Baileys Cupcakes!

I knew I wanted to make an alcoholic cupcake for St. Patty's Day. I have been meaning to make Chocolate cupcakes with Bailey's butter cream for awhile now. I love the combo of chocolate and Bailey's. I knew this was the perfect opportunity and got festive with some green icing and sprinkles. 

For the Cupcake: 

Use your favourite chocolate cupcake recipe. I used one from Annie's Eats.  It is super simple and really yummy. I use it as the base of many of my cupcakes 

I wasn't going to fill these but then I decided they needed a little something extra so I made some Bailey's cream.  

For the Cream: 

1/2 cup whipping cream 

1/4 cup Baileys 

1 tbs butter 

2 tbs sugar 

1 tsp corn starch 

Optional: 1/2 cup chocolate chips

Combine whipping cream, butter, sugar and corn starch in a small pan. Bring to a boil. Then stir in Baileys. If you would like to make it more of a gauche add about 1/2 cup of chocolate chips. 

Once cupcakes have cooled, cut a cone in the middle of each of them and fill with 1-2 tsp of filling.

 For the frosting: 

1 cup butter (room temp) 

3 cups icing sugar 

1/4 cup Baileys 

Optional: 3-4 drops of green food colouring 

Whip butter until it is light and fluffy. Add icing sugar one cup at a time until desired sweetness and texture is obtained. Add 1/4 Baileys and whip to combine. 

Frost cupcakes as you wish. 

Enjoy! 

-Jaclyn 

Happy St. Patricks Day!