Let me rewind a little and talk about how I stumbled onto these fabulously boozy cupcake recipes... Ever since I started blogging about my baking experience I have started reading other baking blogs that I find interesting. My absolute favorite is a blog called The Cupcake Project (www.cupcakeproject.com). Trust me, if you love all things cupcakes you will adore this blog! Another blog I have recently began to follow is called Sweet Tooth (www.ericasweettooth.com). This girl not only has some good cupcake ideas but also makes some pretty awesome jello shots. As soon as I have a party to go to you better believe I am going to be making tons of jello shots!! Anyways, I found my recipes on this second blog.
Now back to the cupcakes! As I said, I made 2 different beer cupcakes: Blue Moon and Corona. As excited as I was about these cupcakes, I must say I was a little worried about the flavor. Don't get me wrong, I love adding alcohol to baked goods and think they generally taste delicious but I wasn't sure how beer would translate into baking. For the frostings I made an Orange Cream Cheese frosting for the Blue Moon cake and a Lime Cream Cheese Frosting for the Corona cake. I really only need 2 bottles of each beer though so Mike lucked out and got to drink all the rest!
On a side note, I want to introduce my new Sous Chef, Jen!! She came over and helped me bake (and drink, and clean my fridge out!!!). I'm thinking I may need to get her an apron of her own so that she doesn't have to wear my Christmas apron in February! :)
Blue Moon and Corona Cupcakes
For the beer cupcakes:
3/4 cups butter, at room temperature
1-3/4 cup sugar
2-1/2 cup flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
3 eggs, at room temperature
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp orange or lime zest
1 cup Blue Moon or Corona beer, plus more for brushing on tops
1/4 cup milk
Orange/lime wedges and sanding sugar for garnish
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees and line 24 muffin tins with cupcake liners.
- In a medium-sized bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add eggs, beating after each addition then add the vanilla and zest.
- Combine milk and beer and alternatively add this mixture and the flour mixture to the butter/sugar mixture with the mixer on low speed, starting and ending with the flour.
- Fill the cupcake liners 2/3 full and bake for 18 minutes, or until cake tester comes out clean.
- When cupcakes are done, poke holes in the tops of the cupcakes with toothpicks and brush some beer on each while still warm.
For the citrus cream cheese frosting:
12 oz cream cheese, cold
6 tbsp butter, at room temperature
1 tbsp freshly squeezed orange/lime juice
1 tsp orange/lime zest
4 cups powdered sugar
- Cream together the cream cheese and butter in an electric mixer until smooth and creamy, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add the citrus juice and zest and gradually add the powdered sugar until well-combined. Beat until smooth for about 2 minutes.
- Load frosting in a piping bag and pipe cupcake tops once cooled.
To stick with the theme I used yellow wrappers for the Corona cakes and blue wrappers for the Blue Moon cakes. For the frosting I used a large star tip and sprinkled the tops with green sprinkles and orange sprinkles, respectively. I then finished the cupcakes with a wedge of a lime and orange.
Overall I thought the cupcakes turned out really good. The beer wasn't too overpowering, it was just enough to give a hint of flavor and the citrus frostings balanced out the flavors perfectly! I personally preferred the Blue Moon cupcakes but that could just be my preference in beer. Everyone at the Superbowl party seemed to enjoy them as well so I'd say they were a success!
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