Chocolate Stout Cupcakes

Dave Lieberman

Recipe courtesy Dave Lieberman

Show: Good Deal with Dave LiebermanEpisode: Glass Half Full

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  • on May 20, 2012

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    These were awesome! I made them for my husband's birthday beer tasting party and they went great with the theme. The cake was moist and the frosting delicious. I refrigerated the frosting for a little bit before putting it on the cupcakes to thicken it up so I was able to get a nice swirl design. Will definitely make these again!

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  • on April 12, 2012

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    Made these for St. Patty's Day. Followed the recipe exactly, just used a different cream cheese frosting recipe. The cupcake wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. The beer taste wasn't over or under whelming, which is good. However, it just "didn't rock my boat." Definitely smells like beer when you're about to take a bite. My bf thought they were AMAZING though! He wants them with mocha frosting, lol. Overall, I think it's a cool use for leftover stout, but not a fave.

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  • on March 23, 2012

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    I loved these cupcakes!!! They were so moist and delicious. They were good by themselves but the cream cheese frosting made the flavors just POP!!! When they were baking the whole house smelled like stout beer and chocolate. I turned the frosting green and made them for my st patty's day "party"(HUGE HIT! I LOVE to bake so keep these yummy recipes comin'.

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  • on March 18, 2012

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    I made these cupcakes twice this week and they wee a HUGE hit...everyone loved the flavor of stout paired with the chocolate....I did not alter the recipe and it was perfect, icing was thin but spread perfectly and did not run off....this will be a cupcake that I will love making for years to come!

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  • on March 18, 2012

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    These were a big hit on St. Patty's Day! The only real issue I have with this recipe is that I wish I would have mixed the dry ingredients in a medium bowl, and the wet ingredients in a large bowl. I'm not sure why the recipe reverses it because, in the end, you're adding the dry to the wet. It wasn't a big deal, but I'll have to make a note for next time. Also, I did have quite a bit of leftover icing... I wonder if I could have done without the heavy cream and used less 10x sugar, or used less of each. Onto the positives... This recipe made 30 cupcakes, instead of 24. I didn't mind extras! I used Guinness Extra Stout and added green food coloring to the icing, which made for great flavor and good presentation. Many people in other ratings complained about the runny icing. I didn't mind it. It was easy to spread on the cupcakes and wasn't so runny that it dripped off. Once I iced the cupcakes and put them in the fridge, it thickened a bit. All in all, a success!

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  • on March 17, 2012

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    I made the cake and frosting just as recipe says. This recipe makes good tasting dense cake, the frosting is great! I made a cake instead of cupcakes as I didn't have cupcake wrapers. It worked out fine, but I had to increase the bake time by 10 minutes.

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  • on March 17, 2012

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    Cupcakes are delicious! The stout gives it a unique, rich, and tasty flavor. As far as the icing, I took the advice from reviewers about decreasing the cream. However, I used 8 oz. cream cheese, 4 tablespoons of Carolans Irish Cream (imported from Irelandand about 1/4 cup of buttermilk. Added a dash of green food coloring for St. Patrick's Day. Turned out creamy and yummy!

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  • on March 17, 2012

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    Cupcakes awesome! I used Guiness Black Lager which had a perfectly balanced flavour for the cake. Icing was a total fail however. Even with a second block of cream cheese and hours in the fridge it was horrible-too gooey and tasted of..well powered sugar and cream cheese. After the second block still didn't do it, I added expresso powder and some dark cocoa...better taste, but still in all I wish I had read the reviews regarding the icing and done a butter/cream cheese instead.

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  • on March 17, 2012

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    Delicious chocolate cupcakes. Since I like cupcakes on the heavier side, the texture was great. With my pans, the recipe made 24 regular size cupcakes plus one pan of mini cupcakes (bake 8 to 9 min. Frosting--even with generous frosting of all the cupcakes, I had nearly half the frosting left over. I used slightly less than 2/3 Cup cream and the frosting was gooier than I liked, even after chilling. Next time (and there will be a next time, I will cut the frosting recipe in half and reduce the cream further. Nigella Lawson has a similar frosting and one of her methods is to "blitz" the powdered sugar in a food processor to remove lumps, add the cream cheese, process, and then process in the cream. Avoids getting powdered sugar everywhere.

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  • on March 16, 2012

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    They are delicious. Make sure you like Guinness before making these, they really carry the flavor. For the frosting I whipped the cream and cream cheese separately and then added together. I added powdered sugar to taste - I used 1/2 cup. You definitely DON'T need a whole pound of sugar.

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