Delicious cupcakes prepared with beer and chocolate and topped with bacon and cream cheese frosting.
| Prep Time: | 30 mins |
| Cook Time: | 40 mins |
| Additional Time: | 10 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 20 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 24 cupcakes |
Ingredients
- 1 cup stout beer (such as Frau Gruber® imperial)
- 1 cup butter, at room temperature
- ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon sea salt
- 2 large eggs
- ⅔ cup sour cream
- 5 slices bacon
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup, divided
- ¾ cup butter, at room temperature
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
- 1 ½ cups cream cheese (such as Philadelphia®)
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line 24 muffin cups with paper liners.
- Bring stout and butter to a boil in a saucepan over medium-high heat, about 5 minutes. Set aside, stirring occasionally, until butter has melted. Mix in cocoa powder until smooth.
- Mix flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl until thoroughly combined.
- Mix eggs with sour cream in a large bowl using an electric mixer on low until well combined. Add beer mixture slowly, followed by flour mixture, until batter is smooth.
- Divide batter between the prepared muffin cups, filling each about 2/3 full.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 17 to 19 minutes.
- Remove from the oven and let cool completely, about 30 minutes. Leave the oven on.
- Meanwhile, lay bacon strips on an aluminum foil-lined baking sheet. Baste with 1 1/2 tablespoons maple syrup, covering both sides.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 8 minutes. Turn bacon over, baste with remaining syrup, and bake until browned and crisp, about 8 minutes more, watching to make sure not to burn.
- Remove bacon and lay strips on parchment paper so they don’t stick to foil upon cooling. Let cool completely, 10 to 15 minutes. Chop into pieces.
- Combine butter and powdered sugar in a bowl using an electric mixer until smooth. Beat in cream cheese until smooth. Beat in maple syrup. Frost cooled cupcakes and top with bacon bits.
- Be careful not to take cupcakes out of the oven too early, as centers can fall.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 336 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 33 g |
| Cholesterol | 72 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 13 g |
| Sodium | 327 mg |
| Sugars | 23 g |
| Fat | 22 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
added more maple to bacon and frosting used NB 1554 black lager
I loved these! Made mine with Guiness and used maple flavor instead of vanilla for the frosting. But they were a hit at the family Christmas get-together. Have to keep this in the recipe list.