Here is a ridiculous idea!
Beer in a cupcake?
Well, guess what, it's not that original, our Anglo-Saxon friends are used to doing it, yes yes, most often with Guinness.
I'm tackling it with Pelforth brown beer... Why this choice? Because brown beer has the particularity of exhaling the chocolate flavors of desserts while bringing a little taste of toast, of coffee.
So let's get started, don't hesitate!
At the same time, I participate in the inter-blog competition initiated by the Tendances Bière site.
And also to show you that you can dare anything in baking!
{beer is present in the cake and also in the icing}
The result obtained is very subtle in terms of flavor, we can easily recognize the malt in the chocolate cake (nice combination!).
The mascarpone icing, flavored with beer, is also very light, and makes you think of tiramisu!
Recipe for 8 cupcakes
- Chocolate-beer base
- Preheat the oven to 170°c.
- Melt 85g of unsalted butter in the microwave.
- In a bowl, mix the melted butter with 60g of unsweetened cocoa powder. Mix well.
- Then pour in 85g of Pelforth brown beer. Mix well again.
- Separately, beat 1 whole egg and 100g of liquid cream. Add the chocolate mixture, whisking well.
- Finish by incorporating 140g of flour, 100g of sugar, 1 tsp of baking powder, 1 pinch of salt.
- Fill cupcake cases with this mixture - fill them 2/3 full maximum.
- Bake for 19 minutes. Let the cupcakes cool on a rack before decorating.
- Mascarpone-beer icing
- In a bowl, whisk 250g of mascarpone with 100g of icing sugar.
- Add 20g of Pelforth brown beer and whisk again.
- Add 10cl of liquid cream and whisk to make the icing lighter.
- Fill a piping bag with this mixture {I used a Wilton 1A tip} and garnish the cupcakes.
Enough to discover a new way to savor beer!
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a killer these mega greedy and tantalizing cupcakes!
I love it, I would love to try it...
Hello again, I like your blog and I would like to know you better... Here, I give you the culinary tag!
They are so beautiful, I love them with the straw!
I love!
Really a great idea anyway, bravo to you! (The photos are beautiful! )
Thanks for the recipe ! Super good !!
I made a batch with beer according to your recipe and another where I replaced the alcohol with strawberry milk for the children! Very good!
Nice idea, strawberry milk! The result should be very soft, perfect for children :-) Thank you for your visit and see you soon.
They look delicious ;)
I didn't know that in Great Britain they also used to use beer in meals, in the North of France we also like beer in various recipes (but not dark beer!).
Thank you for this recipe.
I tried your recipe, it had been catching my eye for a long time, and I messed it up (as I often do lol). The cake was good, very chocolatey, not very sweet (probably to compensate for the sugar in the icing?) but I found it heavy. It's the first time I've made cupcakes, I was expecting something very light, like a pound cake, a yogurt cake... Failed, or is that the texture of a cupcake?
Finally, the icing was too liquid, I didn't manage to have the same presentation as you. I had put it in the fridge while the cupcakes cooled. My darling thinks it's because of the mixer, that I should have mixed gently, a bit like egg whites. What do you think? Can you tell me how long to beat, and what liquid cream you use in the 2 parts of the recipe please?
Hi Sabrina, the texture of the cupcake should be quite light. If not, maybe you mixed the preparation too much before putting it in the cases? Otherwise, I don't see the reason... Since this article, I published another chocolate cupcake recipe (without beer this time), which I loved for its softness: https://liliebakery.fr/cupcakes-chocolat-beurre-de-cacahuetes/ I invite you to try it if you wish.
For the frosting, I always use whole liquid cream (30% fat), then I whip it with a hand mixer. The cream must be very cold, and ideally the whips must be frozen (put in the freezer before use). I hope this helps you. See you soon!
Good evening, that's what I thought, it's supposed to be more airy. I think I must have mixed too much. Anyway, I'm not giving up lol. I just have some peanut butter left, so thanks for your little tips (hand mixer = whisk or "weird thing" with a crank?).
See you soon.
Good evening Sabrina, it's true that I lacked precision, the hand mixer for me is the electric mixer that you hold in your hand that has 2 mini-whisks. Do you see what it is?
Oh yes yes yes I see, and unfortunately I don't have one lol. I went straight to the robot box thinking that it was the best! I'll try again another time, it's not a big deal, and it shouldn't cost much I think :)
With dark beer... I wouldn't have thought of it.
Hello, I want to try this type of icing but I'm afraid it will become too liquid. I always have the impression that with the addition of icing sugar my icing liquefies (so if I have to add liquid cream, let's not talk about it ^^). Do you have any advice to give me?
Hello Marine, the trick to a whipped cream-style frosting that holds up really well is to add mascarpone, the result is amazing. See you soon!
Hello,
Great recipe, successful the first time!!! They are really tip top!! Thanks for the French recipe because in English to convert...
Hello, I have been commissioned by friends to prepare cupcakes for dessert at their wedding meal. They want a "whipped" frosting. What frosting do you suggest that will hold (for your information, they are getting married in July in the Ile de France, so it won't necessarily be very hot... well, it depends) I'm afraid that the whipped cream won't hold if I make them the day before, even if I keep them cool? What do you think?
Hello Alex, I recommend a Swiss meringue buttercream or even a mascarpone whipped cream, but in this case they must be kept cool until the last moment.
Hello, I made this cupcake recipe after making Nutella cupcakes and praline cupcakes. I am very disappointed with this recipe. The dough does not resemble a cupcake dough at all. Not very airy, it looks more like a mugcake. The cake does not fit in the paper case and "deflates". I did not even try the icing because I do not like the base.
So I'm going to go back to my previous base by adding chocolate instead of Nutella and a little beer. Photos to support this if necessary.
Hello, the recipe looks tempting. I have a whiskey theme to organize. Can we swap beer for whiskey and if so, what would be the proportions?