Salted Chocolate Stout Cupcakes

• Vegetarian

• Refrigerated

  • 2 Eggs

• Baking & Spices

  • 2 1/4 cups All-purpose flour
  • 2 tsp Baking soda
  • 3/4 cup Cocoa, Dutch Process
  • 2 tbsp Kosher or large-flake salt
  • 1 Recipe chocolate buttercream frosting
  • 1/2 tsp Salt
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 1 tsp Vanilla extract

• Dairy

  • 1/2 cup Butter
  • 1 cup Buttermilk

• Beer, Wine & Liquor

  • 1 cup Chocolate stout

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Description

Ingredients

• 1 cup chocolate stout (I used Fort Collins Brewery Chocolate Stout)
• ¾ cup dutch process cocoa
• ½ cup (1 stick) butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• ½ tsp. salt
• 2 and ¼ cups all-purpose flour
• 2 tsp. baking soda
• 1 cup buttermilk (I use 2 Tbsp. apple cider + 1 cup regular milk to make my buttermilk)
• 1 tsp. vanilla extract
• 1 recipe chocolate buttercream frosting
• 2 Tbsp. kosher or large-flake salt

Directions

• In a small saucepan, melt butter. Add chocolate stout and bring mixture to a simmer.
• While stout and butter are heating up, beat sugar and eggs together. Add salt and flour and mix to combine (I use my stand mixer) - the mixture should be relatively dry and resemble coarse biscuit dough.
• Mix apple cider vinegar and milk together (or use 1 cup store-bought buttermilk). Add baking soda to buttermilk and stir to combine. If you use my buttermilk method, the mixture will foam up as the soda reacts with the vinegar.
• Stream buttermilk + baking soda mixture into batter and stir to combine. Be sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl if you are using a stand mixer to make sure everything gets incorporated.
• Add vanilla extract to batter and stir to combine.
• Once stout and butter mixture has come to a simmer, stir the cocoa into the hot liquid and whisk to work out any lumps. Remove mixture from heat and stream it slowly into batter, mixing as you go until everything is just combined. The batter will be thin - thats okay!
• Pour batter into standard sized cupcake liners.
• Bake at 375 for 15-20 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Top with chocolate buttercream and a sprinkle of kosher salt. Serve immediately