‘Dark Matter‘ Chocolate Milk Stout Cupcakes is an updated version of our chocolate cupcake recipe. Besides the beer style, we substituted the whole eggs for egg whites, giving it a more light and fluffy feeling to it. However, they came out super rich and delicious. I don’t think I can make this recipe with any other beer style, the double milk stout gave this recipe exactly what it needed.
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We use the Kookie Monster Double Milk Stout from one of our favorite brewery, Firestone Walker Brewing Co. This beer was/is a Limited Release from their VENICE PROPAGATOR series but you can substitute with your favorite stout beer.
“Dark Matter” Chocolate Cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcakes
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 cup All purpose flour
- 1¼ cup Sugar
- ¾ tsp Baking powder
- 1 tsp Salt
- ½ cup 1 stick Unsalted butter, melted and cooled to room temperature
- ¾ cup egg whites (equivalent to 2 lg eggs)
- ½ + 2 tbsp cup Firestone Walker Kookie Monster Milk Stout*
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
Frosting
- 8 oz Cream cheese at room temperature
- 4 tbsp Butter at room temperature
- ½ tsp Vanilla extract
- Seeds from ½ a Vanilla bean
- 4 cups Powdered sugar
- 5 tbsp Firestone Walker Kookie Monster Milk Stout*
Instructions
- Preheat to 350°F. Line 12 cupcake tins with cupcake molds. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk the cocoa powder, flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt until combined. In a separate bowl, whisk the melted butter, eggs, stout beer, and vanilla extract. (If the butter gets too cold and it separates, use a double boiler, setting the bowl on top, and whisk to heat just until it comes together again.) Add the wet ingredients to the dry in batches, beating with a standing or hand-held mixer on medium speed until the batter is smooth and shiny, about 20 seconds. Pour into the cupcake molds, filling about ¾ of the mold, and bake for 20-25 minutes. It is ready if you test with a toothpick and it comes out clean. Remove from oven and allow to cool completely on a wire rack.
- While the cupcakes are in the oven, make the frosting. In a medium bowl, use a mixer to blend together cream cheese, butter, vanilla and vanilla bean seeds. Add one tablespoon at a time of stout beer, mixing between additions. Gradually add powdered sugar, mixing well until it’s all incorporated. Scoop frosting into a piping bag fitted with a large star tip. Cool in the refrigerator for a few minutes if it is very soft (not too long or it will harden).
- Frost the cupcakes by scooping the frosting into a piping bag with a large star tip. Swirl the frosting around the cupcake, starting from the middle and working your way outwards. Continue to spiral the frosting up like a pyramid until the cupcake is frosted.
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