Irish Car Bombs! (St. Patricks day edition part one)

Irish car bombs..... A glass of Irish stout into which you drop a shot glass full of Irish cream topped with Irish whiskey. This drink is supposed to be chugged before the Irish cream curdles.... However THESE Irish car bomb CUPCAKES you can eat and enjoy at any pace! But if you would rather stuff them in your face that's fine too.

Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes

Ingredients:

1 and 1/2 cup                        Irish stout (preferably Guinness)
1/2 cup (1 stick)                   Butter
3/4 cup                                 Dutch-processed cocoa powder
2 cups                                   Dark brown sugar
3/4 cup                                 Sour cream
2                                           Eggs
1 tsp.                                    Pure vanilla extract
2 cups                                  All-purpose flour
2 and 1/2 tsp.                       Baking soda



Pre-heat oven to 325. Line a standard muffin pan with cupcake liners. In a sauce pan on medium heat, melt butter with stout until incorporated. Meanwhile, sift together cocoa powder and brown sugar. Pour hot butter/stout mixture over sugar mixture and whisk until smooth. In a small bowl whisk together sour cream, eggs, and vanilla until smooth (this will take a minute but make sure its all incorporated and smooth). Pour into mixture and whisk until smooth. In another bowl sift together flour and baking soda and add to mixture. Whisk until fully incorporated. Divide batter evenly into cupcake liners and bake until done (toothpick comes out clean).

Irish Cream Buttercream:

1 cup (2 sticks)                 Unsalted butter
4 cups                               Powdered sugar
4 tbls.                               Irish cream
1 tbls.                               Irish Whiskey



Cream butter until smooth. Add powdered sugar 1 cup at a time until fully incorporated (mixture will look dry at first but keep going!). Add Irish cream and whiskey slowly until fully incorporated.