Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone!! I made some delicious Guinness and Bailey’s Irish Cream Cupcakes to celebrate! Moist Guinness cupcakes bursting with a decadent Bailey’s ganache and topped with creamy Bailey’s buttercream frosting. If you are not a big Guinness fan, don’t worry, the flavor is very subtle. The pudding-like Bailey’s ganache is rich and silky smooth-a very pleasant surprise! 
Today is a big day in Indianapolis. Every year they kick off St. Patrick’s Day by turning the downtown canal green followed by a parade, parties, dancing and live music. People celebrate by wearing green, eating Irish food, and drinking. In fact, 13 million pints of Guinness will be consumed today! You couldn’t ask for a better day either-sunny and 70 degrees! That is a heat wave here in Indy where the average high in the middle of March is only 50 degrees! So whether you are Irish or not, St. Patrick’s Day is a great excuse to party.
Guinness and Bailey’s Irish Cream Cupcakes
- 1 cup Guinness
- 16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 3/4 tsp. salt
- 2 large eggs
- 2/3 cup sour cream
- 8 oz. bittersweet chocolate, finely chopped
- 2/3 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoon butter, room temperature
- 2 teaspoon Bailey’s Irish cream
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
- 3-4 cups powdered sugar, sifted
- 4-8 tablespoons Bailey’s Irish cream
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine Guinness and butter. Add the cocoa; whisk until smooth. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
In a large mixing bow, whisk together the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt; set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat together the eggs and sour cream until combined.
Add Guinness mixture and beat to combine. Mix in dry ingredients on low speed until incorporated.
Fill the cupcake papers about 2/3 full, making sure that the batter is divided evenly. Bake until an inserted toothpick comes out clean, about 15-17 minutes. Cool completely on wire rack.
To make the ganache filling, place chocolate in heatproof bowl; set aside.
In a medium saucepan over medium heat, heat cream until simmering. Pour over chocolate, let sit for 1 minute, then stir until smooth.
Source: Une-deux Senses
Anything with Bailey’s in gets my attention, but woah, Guinness and Bailey’s packed into little cupcakes? Winner!
Hungry Jenny x
Happy St Patty’s Day! Those look beautiful!
oooo i love how you cut them open and put in the filling. i’ve always had such a mess trying to make cupcakes with fillings!!!
Wow cupcakes and Bailey’s?! Your recipes are so awesome
Those look incredible!
xoxo
Kathleen
These look great
Enjoy the nice weather and your St. Patty’s day!
Those cupcakes are absolutely gorgeous and I love Baileys ! Happy St Pattys Day!
Oh Christina, that is so my type of cupcakes. I can use lot of these
. for some reason everything about this cupcakes sounds happy.
You’ve been posting so many recipes I can’t keep up with the commenting! How DO you have so much time?? Jealous!
These look totally moist and delicious. That hidden chocolate center looks so good. I don’t have time to make them…but i wish I had one right now!!!
Wow those look great! I wish I had one of those tonight!
These cupcakes look delicious! I’ve never tried filled cupcakes before, but definitely need to try these. I love Bailey’s too!
These look fantastic – that ganache in the center is the perfect surprise!
wowwwwwwwwwwww, this looks sensational! What is Guiness though? I have never made anything with Bailey’s Irish Cream, I need to get on that.
Guinness is an Irish stout and perfect for St. Patricks day!
These look delicious! I hope you had a fun St. Patty’s Day:-)
These must have been a big hit! They look and sound delectable!
Dark, rich, and sinfully yummy. Amazing job.
Boy were these a hit at our St. Patricks Day dinner! Everybody loved them and they were still talking about them the next day. They are a little time consuming to make, but it was definitely worth it. The other thing of note is that the cupcakes are so good they can stand on their own. They are fantastic with the ganache and frosting, of course, but they are still really good and incredibly moist on their own.
I am so happy that you enjoyed them! They are time consuming but totally worth it…they are easily one of my favorite cupcake recipes!
funny question… does the alochol cook out in the cupcake part? I want to make these for a kid’s birthday party b/c my cousin made them this weekend and they were awesome. I was thinking about just doing a different kind of frosting…..:)
Kelly,
Sorry I did not see your question earlier, it was in my spam folder and I don’t check it that often. These cupcakes have a heavy amount of Guinness in them, so I would not make them for the kids! All of the alcohol does not bake out of these cupcakes. You can substitute milk for the Guinness to make them kid friendly though. If you give them a try I would love to hear how they turn out for you!
Just made these and they were fantastic. I doubled the recipe and also made a cake, and used the ganache as frosting. I also put whiskey in the ganache, delicious.
Oh man….I bet this was incredible as a cake! Thanks so much for letting me know how they turned out for you!
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