St. Patrick's Day Cupcakes
Servings: 18
Calories: 496kcal
St Patrick's Day Cupcakes start with a sensational made from scratch chocolate cupcake recipe. They are decorated with Baileys Irish cream frosting and topped with a white chocolate Shamrock.
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Ingredients
- ⅔ cup butter softened
- 1 ¾ cups sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 eggs
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ¾ tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 ½ cups buttermilk
- Frosting
- 1 cup butter room temperature
- 4 cups icing sugar
- 7 tbsp Baileys Irish Cream
- For Shamrock Decorations
- 8 oz white chocolate good quality
- green gel food colouring
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Line cupcake pan with paper liners for 18 cupcakes
- Beat butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla in large bowl until fluffy.
- In separate bowl combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Add alternating flour mix and buttermilk to mixture, beating just until smooth.
- Pour batter into prepared cupcake pan.
- Bake 20 to 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool completely before frosting.
- Baileys Irish Cream Frosting
- Beat butter and icing sugar together until fluffy.
- Add 7 tablespoons of Baileys Irish Cream, beat until well combined.
- If necessary add more Irish Cream until spreadable consistency.
- White Chocolate Shamrocks
- Melt 1 cup white chocolate in double boiler or microwave (50% power). Spread evenly onto parchment paper.
- Before chocolate cools, dip tip of toothpick into green food colouring gel. Then using tip of toothpick make swirls into the chocolate.
- Let cool, then cut out with Shamrock shaped cookie cutter.
- You may have to cool in refrigerator for short time to harden enough to cut shapes.
Nutrition
Calories: 496kcal | Carbohydrates: 68g | Protein: 5g | Fat: 24g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 77mg | Sodium: 305mg | Potassium: 152mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 55g | Vitamin A: 602IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 72mg | Iron: 1mg