Irish Celebration Cakes
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Difficulty:
moderate
Difficulty
Preparation:
50 min.
Preparation
Ingredients
for
12
- For the cupcakes
- ½ cup stout beer
- ½ cup unsalted butter
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 cup caster sugar
- ⅝ cup Sour cream
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 2 ½ tsps baking soda
- To decorate
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 egg white (or 1 tbsp meringue powder)
- ⅛ cup water (if using meringue powder)
- sugar sprinkles
Preparation steps
1.
For the cupcakes: put the stout and butter into a pan and heat gently until the butter has melted. Whisk in the cocoa and sugar until blended. Remove from the heat and allow to cool.
2.
Heat the oven to 180°C (160° fan) 350°F gas 4. Place paper cases in a 12 hole muffin tin.
3.
Whisk together the egg and soured cream in a mixing bowl. Gradually whisk in the Guinness mixture and vanilla until blended.
4.
Sift in the dry ingredients and gently fold in.
5.
Spoon into the tins and bake for 20-25 minutes until firm and risen. Cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then place on a wire rack to cool completely.
6.
To decorate: sift the icing sugar into a bowl. Lightly beat the egg white and mix with the icing sugar using an electric whisk; if using meringue powder, beat it with the water until smooth, then whisk with the icing sugar. If the mixture seems too thick to pipe, add a little water.
7.
Spoon into a piping bag with a flower nozzle and pipe an icing flower on top of each cake. Scatter with sugar sprinkles. Leave to set.
