{"id":258,"date":"2009-03-07T14:12:23","date_gmt":"2009-03-07T18:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clarkcreations.net\/blog\/?p=258"},"modified":"2009-03-07T14:12:23","modified_gmt":"2009-03-07T18:12:23","slug":"irish-carbomb-cup-cakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clarkcreations.net\/blog\/irish-carbomb-cup-cakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Irish Carbomb Cup Cakes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Well Deb over at Smitten Kitchen<\/a>\u00a0posted this Irish Carbomb Cup Cake recipe <\/a>\u00a0she had made these for\u00a0a friend.\u00a0 Well KLT and I just LOVE IRISH CARBOMBS<\/a>!!!\u00a0 So of course I have to make these cup cakes.\u00a0 Now I don’t want to ruin it for you but I was disappointed in the over all end product.\u00a0 The cake part is great, the ganache is really wonderful and the Baileys Irish Cream<\/a>\u00a0frosting is AWESOME!\u00a0 I just feel that the flavors are not evenly distributed enough.\u00a0 KLT however likes the hidden surprise of ganache.\u00a0 So what’s in store for Tammy?\u00a0 I have 2 thoughts on this matter 1) try to incorporate this into a brownie and 2) make a bundt cake, cut across middle, make mote and stuff with frosting, replace and top cake with ganache — possible to just serve with\u00a0a Baileys whipped cream on the side.\u00a0<\/p>\n

So here it goes
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The cupcake<\/p>\n

1 cup Guinness
\n1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
\n3\/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (preferably Dutch-process)
\n2 cups all purpose flour
\n2 cups sugar
\n1 1\/2 teaspoons baking soda
\n3\/4 teaspoon salt
\n2 large eggs
\n2\/3 cup sour cream<\/p>\n

Bring\u00a0 stout and butter to simmer in heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add cocoa powder and whisk until mixture is smooth and cool slightly.\u00a0Blend \u00a0flour, sugar, baking soda, and 3\/4 teaspoon salt in large bowl, set aside. Using electric mixer, beat eggs and sour cream. Add stout-chocolate mixture to egg mixture and beat just to combine. Add flour mixture and beat briefly on slow speed. Using rubber spatula, fold batter until completely combined. This made a really dark looking batter and it was thicker than a regular box mix.\u00a0 Fill muffin cups and bake 350 degrees ~17 minutes.\u00a0 Test with cake tester, done when it returns clean.<\/p>\n

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Once the cupcakes are cool you can start the ganache, but the ganache does need time to cool before putting into the cupcakes.\u00a0 Ganache needs to be cool enough and firm enough to put into a pipping bag.<\/p>\n

The ganache filling<\/p>\n

8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, chopped
\n2\/3 cup heavy cream
\n2 tablespoons butter, room temperature
\n1 to 2 teaspoons Irish whiskey<\/p>\n

Place chocolate into a heat proof bowl.\u00a0 Heat cream to a simmer and pour over chocolate, stir until smooth.\u00a0 Add butter an whisky stir until smooth. Let cool<\/p>\n

Prepare the cupcakes for ganache.\u00a0 Using an apple corer or small cookie cutter cut out the center leaving 1\/3 of the cake in the bottom.\u00a0 This is comical because if you have ever aerated your lawn these little plugs look familiar.<\/p>\n

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Here are my cupcakes some with the holes and others waiting their turn.<\/p>\n

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Once ganache and cupcakes have cooled it’s time to fill them.\u00a0 Fill the hole with ganache with the aid of a pastry bag, don’t have one Sandra Lee says just a zip top plastic bag with the corner snipped off.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Now you are ready for Frosting.\u00a0 This frosting SMELLS very strong, taste wonderful but is not strong.\u00a0 Just a warning if you were thinking about taking them to work.\u00a0<\/p>\n

3 to 4 cups confections sugar (sift if using older bags of sugar, I don’t bother with new bags)
\n1 stick unsalted butter, at room temperature
\n3 to 4 tablespoons Baileys (believe me I went heavy)<\/p>\n

Using your electric mixer is easiest, mix the butter and sugar until smooth drizzle in Baileys.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Frost your cupcakes!!! Now enjoy!!!<\/p>\n

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Well Deb over at Smitten Kitchen posted this Irish Carbomb Cup Cake recipe she had made these for a friend. Well KLT and I just LOVE IRISH CARBOMBS!!! So of course I have to make these cup cakes. Now I don’t want to ruin it for you but I was disappointed in the over all end product. The cake part is great, the ganache is really wonderful and the Baileys Irish Cream frosting is AWESOME! I just feel that the flavors are not evenly distributed enough. KLT however likes the hidden surprise of ganache. So what’s in store for Tammy? I have 2 thoughts on this matter 1) try to . . . → Read More: Irish Carbomb Cup Cakes<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,10],"tags":[95,26,27,71,116,115,298],"class_list":["post-258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everyday-life","category-food-leisure","tag-baking","tag-cake","tag-chocolate-cake","tag-cooking","tag-cup-cakes","tag-desert","tag-food","odd"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarkcreations.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarkcreations.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarkcreations.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarkcreations.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarkcreations.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=258"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clarkcreations.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/258\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clarkcreations.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarkcreations.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clarkcreations.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}