Chocolate Stout Cupcakes

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These cupcakes are amazing. I have baked them on several occasions, and they are consistently wonderful. I have also used several different kinds of frosting, and home made german chocolate frosting is delicious on these cupcakes. I will never use another chocolate cake recipe again!

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I make this into a cake using a 13x9 nonstick tin, and it is the softest, moistest cake ever. This is my Go To chocolate cake recipe and I even have a friend that asks for it every time he sees me! This is the ONLY chocolate cake recipe I use, so thanks Dave Lieberman!

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We have really enjoyed these cupcakes. Very easy to make and superb to eat. I found there was way more frosting than I could use so we added more after each bite!!! I highly recommend them.

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They smelled so good coming out of the oven we ate them before they were frosted. The next day the frosted cupcakes were even better. This recipe was so easy!

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when these first came out of the oven and i tasted them i was SO disappointed, they tasted like chocolate cupcakes soaked in beer.
HOWEVER, when i went to eat one the next day it was so good i didn't even bother with the frosting!
really moist and the beer flavor became part of the cupcake instead of being overwhelming.
I did not use Guinness, I used Brooklyn Lager Chocolate Stout that I had leftover from a superbowl party, not sure if that makes a difference.
My only issue with them is that they are moist to the point of being almost sticky, so they didn't de-pan as easily as most other cakes I have made and a few had to be coaxed out with a knife, also i (overfilled a standard 12 count muffin tin and had enough batter left over to make a thin layer in an 8 inch round cake pan, so the yield is definitely a bit higher than 12 cupcakes, in the future i would make this in a cake pan.

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Very easy to prepare, smells great while baking, but just not as good as I was hoping for. Moist yes, but too spongy and honestly just not that chocolatey. Tasted best still a bit warm without the icing, which is very sweet.

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I took these to work and they were a hit for St. Patty's Day!!!

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I'm not the hugest fan of Guinness, or beer in general, but I like how liquor/coffee tends to add a rich depth of flavor to chocolate desserts, and figured the same would be true of Guinness. I was right! These are really yummy. The only change I made was I used only about 1/3 cup of cream for the frosting, and added about 1/2 tsp of vanilla to it as well. The frosting is too sweet on its own (I'm a beater-licker but with the cupcakes it's a nice combo, since the cupcake itself isn't overwhelmingly sugary. I'd still use less powdered sugar next time though.

Also, the baking time seems to be a little longer than it needed to be--at the first 12 minute mark my cupcakes looked nearly done, so cooking for another 12 minutes made them a tiny bit more dry than I think they should/could have been. This is unusual since with my oven I usually have to cook everything longer. So next time, I'll cook 10 minutes, then rotate the pans, and cook 10 more, and that should be perfect.

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I actually just got done making my St. Pats day desert. I wish I would have seen this one earlyer. Lucky for me I celebrate this holliday 3 or 4 times a year. I will do this one next time. (Chances are I will make it tomarrow just to be safe LOL It sounds great......

Cec

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This is the second year I've made this recipe for St. Patty's Day. It's definitely a crowd pleaser! I think adding the full box of powdered sugar makes the frosting way to sweet, so I only used 3/4 of the box. Also, I added some great food coloring to the frosting which made it very festive!