Here is a ridiculous idea!
Beer in a cupcake?
Well, imagine that it's not that original, our Anglo-Saxon friends are used to doing it, yes yes, with Guinness most of the time.
I'm getting down to it with Pelforth dark beer… Why this choice? Because dark beer has the particularity of exhaling the chocolate flavors of desserts by bringing a little taste of toast, of coffee.
We are going, therefore, we do not hesitate!
At the same time, I participate in the inter-blog competition initiated by the Tendances Bière site.
And also to show you that we can dare anything in pastry!
{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 soft butter in the microwave.
- In a container, mix the melted butter with 60g of unsweetened cocoa powder. Mix well.
- Then pour in 85g of Pelforth dark 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 boxes with this mixture - fill them to 2/3 maximum -.
- Bake for 19 minutes. Let the cupcakes cool on a wire rack before decorating them.
- Mascarpone-beer icing
- In a container, whip 250g of mascarpone with 100g of icing sugar with a mixer.
- Add 20g of Pelforth dark beer and whisk again.
- Add 10cl of liquid cream and whip to make the icing more airy.
- Fill a pastry bag with this mixture {use a Wilton 1A nozzle for me} and garnish the cupcakes.
Enough to discover a new way to savor beer!
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LeeYaa
a killer these mega greedy and tantalizing cupcakes!
Line
I love it, I would taste it well ...
Line
hello again, I like your blog and I would like to know you more… Here, I give you the culinary tag!
KiKi
They are beautiful as everything, I love it with the straw!
Recipeo
I just love it !
Really a great idea anyway, bravo to you! (The photos are beautiful! )
Chifoumy
Thanks for the recipe ! Super good !!
I made a batch of beer according to your recipe and another where I replaced the alcohol with strawberry milk for the children! Very good !
Lilie bakery
Nice idea, strawberry milk! The result should be very soft, perfect for children :-) Thank you for your visit and see you soon.
pizza directory
They look delicious ;)
I did not 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!).
Thank you for this recipe.
Sabrina
I tested your recipe, since the time she was eyeing me, and I missed everything (as often lol). The cake was good, well chocolatey, not very sweet (probably to compensate for the sugar in the icing?) But I found it heavy. This is my first time making cupcakes, I was expecting something very light, like a pound cake, a yogurt cake… Dumpy, or is that the texture of a cupcake?
Finally, the icing was too liquid, I did not manage to have the same presentation as you. I put it in the fridge while the cupcakes cooled. My darling thinks it's due to the mixer, that I should have mixed gently, a bit like snow whites. What do you think ? Can you tell me how long to beat, and which liquid cream you use in the 2 parts of the recipe please?
Lilie bakery
Hello Sabrina, the texture of the cupcake should be quite light. If not, maybe you mixed the preparation too much before putting it in the boxes? 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 icing, I always use whole liquid cream (30% MG), then I whip with a hand mixer. The cream must be very cold, and ideally the ice cream whips (put in the freezer, before use). I hope this will help you. @ soon!
Sabrina
Good evening, that's what I thought, it's supposed to be more airy. I think I must have mixed up too much. Finally, I do not give up lol. I just have a bit of peanut butter left over, so thank you for your tips (hand mixer = whisk or "weird thing" with a crank?).
See you soon.
Lilie bakery
Good evening Sabrina, it's true that I lacked precision, the manual mixer for me is the electric mixer that you hold in your hand which has 2 mini-whips. Do you see what it is?
Sabrina
Ah yes yes yes I see, and unfortunately I do not lol. I went directly to the robot box thinking it was a must! I will try again another time, it's okay, then it must not be very expensive I think :)
LadyMilonguera @ A fun siphon ...
With dark beer… I wouldn't have thought about it ..
Marine
Hello, I want to test this type of icing but I'm afraid it will become too runny. I always have the impression that with the addition of icing sugar my icing becomes liquefied (so if I have to add liquid cream, let's not talk about it ^^). Do you have any advice for me?
Lilie bakery
Hello Marine, the trick for a whipped cream icing that holds extremely well is to add mascarpone to it, the result is stunning. See you soon !
Lea
Hello,
Great recipe, successful the first time !!! They are really tip top !! Thank you for the French recipe because in English to convert…
Alex
Hello, I am assigned by friends to prepare cupcakes for them for their wedding dinner. They want a “mounted” icing. What do you offer me as icing that hold (for info, they get married in July in Ile de France, so not necessarily very hot ... well that depends) I'm afraid that the whipped cream will not hold if I make them the same day by keeping them cool? What do you think?
Lilie bakery
Hello Alex, I recommend a Swiss meringue buttercream or even a mascarpone whipped cream, but in this case they must stay cool until the last moment.
Christopher
Hello, I made this cupcake recipe after making Nutella cupcakes and praline cupcakes. I am very disappointed with this recipe. The dough does not look like cupcake dough tt. Not very dimpled, it looks more like a mugcake. The cake does not fit in the paper box and "deflates". I haven't even tried the icing because I don't like the base.
I will therefore go back to my previous base by adding chocolate instead of Nutella and a little beer. Supporting photos if necessary.
Floriane
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?