Green Dragon Cupcakes

Its only a week away from St Patrick's Day and in honor of the holiday we decided to create what we like to call our Green Dragon cupcake. Yes, we got our cupcake name from the best beer song in Lord of the Rings, but what can we say..."You can drink your fancy ales you can drink them by the flagon but the only brew for the brave and true.... comes from the green dragon!" :)


Green Dragon Cupcakes
Ingredients:
1 cup Guinness extra stout beer
1 cup 4 tbsp unsalted butter
3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
2 cups dark brown sugar
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 eggs
1 tbsp vanilla
2 cups flour
2 1/2 tsp baking soda

Directions:
1. Heat guiness and butter in a sauce pan until the butter melts
2. Add in cocoa and sugar
3. Combine the buttermilk, eggs, and vanilla in a bowl and whisk.
4. Combine the flour and baking soda
5. Alternately combine the liquid mixture and the flour mixture into the original mix.
6. Poor into cupcake liners and bake for 18 min at 350*

Top cooled cupcakes with our Guinness Cream Cheese Frosting.
Ingredients:
1 8oz package of cream cheese (softened)
1 tbsp Guinness
2/3 cups powdered sugar

Mix all ingredients together, stir in green food coloring until you reach your desired shade, and enjoy!

Catch you on the sweet side!
Marcie and Katelyn