An Experiment with Booze

Well folks, I finally broke down and tried to incorporate one of my favorite drinks into a cupcake: Baileys Irish Cream. We had just gotten a huge care package from my mother-in-law that contained numerous cupcake supplies, including adorable new cupcake liners. I was itching to try them and after nursing a cold all week, I finally felt well enough to get into the kitchen.

First I had to decide what to bake, and since I have gotten a lot more comfortable with some of my regular recipes, I wanted to try something new. I brainstormed with my husband and we decided on chocolate chip cupcakes with a Baileys Irish Cream frosting. I found a recipe for the frosting and got to work. The cake turned out AMAZING. I used the coca cola cake recipe and added chocolate chips. When I opened the oven I saw these:

I impatiently waited for them to cool by starting dinner for the evening. About twenty minutes later, I started the frosting. By the way, here is a frosting tip:

Add your powdered sugar a few tablespoons at a time. Slowly adding it reduces the grainy texture you can end up with sometimes and causes the frosting to thicken with less sugar. This is one of the best batches of frosting I have made yet.

After frosting them all up, I placed on my new cupcake stand shipped all the way to me from the U.S. I have to pat myself on the back here people, because these cupcakes are so pretty and they taste absolutely amazing. These are simple cupcakes that sound fancier than they really are. A great way to make people ooh and aah when you tell them what it is, when really it is less ingredients than classic buttercream frosting.

Like I said, they are super pretty and crazy delicious! For the cake, just use your favorite chocolate cupcake recipe. I used my Coca-Cola recipe which can be found here.

Just add some chocolate chips and you're good!

Bailey's Irish Cream Recipe:

3-4 cups icing sugar
1/2 cup butter (softened)
3-4 tablespoons of Bailey's Irish Cream

Beat your butter until light and fluffy.
Add icing sugar a few tablespoons at a time, incorporating the sugar completely until adding any more.
Once your frosting gets thick, drizzle the Baileys one tablespoon at a time.
If your frosting is too thin after thin, add a few more tablespoons of icing sugar.

The end! Told you it was easy. Pit in a piping bag and, once your cupcakes are completely cool, ice them and enjoy :)