Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
Rich and moist Guinness chocolate cupcakes, topped off with a sweet cinnamon cream cheese frosting. Perfect for St Patrick’s day celebrations.
Happy March! It’s funny how people say that at the beginning of many months. I’m pretty sure no one says happy February or January though. The worst two months of the year. Why welcome them with happy and open arms. I’d rather fast forward and skip right on over the brutal weeks of Winter.
But March… well, even if the saying goes ‘in like a lion, out like a lamb’ that won’t stop me from loving March. It means many things, from birthdays, to the beginning of Spring (only 20 more days to go!!) and thus obviously the end of Winter, and celebrations of all kinds… sports, holidays etc. It’s definitely worth being happy about and welcoming with open arms. Thankfully we’re not kicking things off with a major storm. It’s turning into a dud for us here but yes, there are still two more weeks of Winter and up here we’ve even had April Fool’s Day storms so… not holding my breath until the birds are chirping and the grass is green.
Until then, we can totally celebrate St Patrick’s day in all of it’s glory. Green, chocolate, minty things, beer everything, potatoes! You get the idea.
I made a version of these cupcakes years ago and wanted to redo them. Make a smaller batch and just generally play around with the recipe – tweaking it if you will.
If you’re looking for a fun holiday cupcake to whip up for yourself or friends, these are definitely the ones you want. Not only are these chocolate Guinness cupcakes moist but they’re super flavorful. You can whip these up by hand or in a mixer, your call. I don’t want to take the stage away from the cupcakes but I completely loved this frosting. It’s so creamy and has just the right amount of sweetness. The cinnamon really compliments the chocolate cupcakes so well. These cupcakes are definitely a must make!
Guinness Chocolate Cupcakes with Cinnamon Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients
Cupcakes:
- 1/4 C unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 C granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 C unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
- 3/4 C all purpose flour
- 1/4 C Guinness
- 1/4 C sour cream
Frosting:
- 8 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/4 C unsalted butter, softened
- 3 C powdered sugar
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 tsp cinnamon
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line a regular cupcake pan with 8 liners.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together butter and sugar. Mix in egg and vanilla, followed by sifted dry ingredients. Slowly incorporate Guinness and sour cream, mixing until batter is smooth and streak free.
- Using a large cookie scoop, add one scoop to each prepared liner. Bake cupcakes for 18-20 minutes. Allow cupcakes to rest in pan for 3-5 minutes or until easy to handle. Cool completely on a wire rack.
- When ready to frost cupcakes, in a large bowl or stand mixer, beat together frosting ingredients until smooth. Add frosting to a prepared pastry bag with piping tip or frost as desired.
Notes
More St Patrick’s Day recipes:
Soft Guinness pretzels with sea salt
Beef and Guinness pies with puff pastry
Mini Bailey’s cheesecakes with chocolate whipped cream
Slow cooker Guinness beef stew
Guinness ice cream float
Braided pesto bread
Pesto chicken lasagna rolls
Bacon-basil pesto and chicken pizza
Beer pretzel bowls
Creamy garlic mashed potatoes
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We have birds chirping here on sunny days and I seriously think they’re mistaking the sun for spring/summer. They should crawl back into hibernation or something, lol…ugh I completely forgot about St. Patty’s Day. Oops. I don’t remember holidays that I don’t get the day off for anymore, LOL I live by my work calendar sometimes. Super cute cupcakes!! I love the bottle cap on top for decoration – so clever!!
And I sometimes live by your calendar to know about holidays too ;)
Yes hello march! I can not believe February is finally over! It’s still pretty cold here on the east coast, but like you said hopefully by end of march the weather will be nice and spriny!!
Fingers crossed the weather will only improve from here on out!
YAY, for only 20 more days until SPRING! Can’t wait :) These cupcakes look delicious and are perfect for St. Patrick’s Day! Thanks for sharing, pinned :)
Thanks Jenn!
I wish the start of March was more sunny. It’s a snow storm day here but I am happy we are getting closer to Spring!! These cupcakes are perfect! Love the small batch.
Thanks so much! :)
These look delicious! Perfect for St Patrick’s Day! :)
Thanks Jessica!
Even though March isn’t quite spring weather I’m so glad we finally made it… I’m ready for winter to be over! Oh, and I’ll take a few of these:-)
And maybe we can somehow trick mother nature into letting us have an extended spring-fall this year? Wishful thinking I’m sure.
Boozy chocolate cupcakes. Say no more, my friend. Say no more!!
Haha! I’m glad you approve ;)
Cinnamon paired with Guinness, I’m liking it!
Thanks Julia! :)
Yay! Small batch recipe!
I’m with you: I’m so excited for March and I’m welcoming it with big open arms. The snow is going to melt soon, right? right?!
Until then: chocolate :)
Yes – chocolate to get us through to Spring for sure :)
that frosting is seriously perfection, as are boozy boozy cupcakes! loves :)
Thanks Christine :)
Yes, out with winter. I’m so happy spring is just a few days away. I miss warmth and purdy flowers. I love the addition of the cinnamon in the frosting. I bet it tastes lovely with the Guinness. Love this!
Thanks Jennie! :)
I’m so excited that March is here too!! Goodbye winter, hello spring! Although, like you, we’ve had our share of late season snow. But still, spring will be here soon!! These cupcakes are definitely the best way to celebrate Saint Patty’s Day!! Pinned!
Thanks so much Jocelyn! Glad I’m not the only one ready to kick winter to the curb.
Love these!! And the frosting is perfection!
Thanks Meghan! :)
I’m so glad spring is within sight too! I made these for my 52 weeks of cupcakes this week and they were so good! I may have dreams about the frosting!
I’m glad you enjoyed them :)
This recipe looks so delicious! I love cream cheese icing and with cinnamon, it adds a whole new dimension to delicious. Thanks for sharing this recipe!
Thanks Jodee!
These cupcakes look and sound too good :) especially the frosting, yum!
I love the combination of chocolate and cinnamon, so I bet the addition of Guinness makes these even better. I can almost taste the deepness. I can’t wait to try these.
Thanks Renee. Enjoy!! :)
These look amazing! I hope you don’t mind me linking you in my latest post :)
Whoa, but, these are fan-freaking-tastic. I made them tonight and I swear, these are the best cupcakes I’ve ever had. Thanks!
So glad to hear it! Thanks for sharing :)
I just made these a few hours ago.the cupcake itself was tasty but the frosting came out really thin with chunks of butter or cream cheese. I used the right amount of everything so I’m not sure what happened. Did I not mix it well? Thank you for the recipe though. I’ll try again another day.
It sounds as though you didn’t beat your cream cheese until completely smooth. As for it being thin, you can always add additional powdered sugar if you run into that issue.
Thank you for this recipe! I made it for my hubsand’s birthday as Guiness is his favorite beer and everyone loved it. Very rich tasting cupcake and a perfect frosting to go with it. I will definitely be making this again along with along with a few others of yours I have already tried.
So glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing :)
Loved the cupcakes! Absolutely delicious combination. I doubled the cupcake portion and left icing the same. Had to pile on the icing which I’m not used to doing but was yummy!
So glad you enjoyed them!