With a deep, dark chocolate flavor, these Chocolate Cupcakes with Bailey's Irish Cream Frosting are a great way to celebrate St. Patrick's Day! The cupcakes are so easy to put together and the frosting is out of this world delicious!
This year to celebrate St. Patrick's Day I decided to doctor up my Chocolate Mayonnaise Cupcakes, frost with an Irish Cream Buttercream frosting and sprinkle with green and gold sugars. Simple, easy, delicious!
I started with Nanny's Mayonnaise Cake recipe, substituted some Irish Cream Liquor for some of the water and made a dozen cupcakes.
I love the deep dark chocolate flavor and moistness to this particular cupcake recipe. This cupcake recipe will always be my favorite!
The buttercream is just that, smooth, buttery, and delicious with a nice hit of Irish Cream Liqueur giving it that perfect touch for your St. Paddy's Day Celebration!
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Chocolate Cupcakes with Bailey's Irish Cream Frosting
A tender chocolate cupcake with a delicious Irish Cream spiked frosting!
Ingredients
For the Cupcakes
- 1½ cups flour
- ¾ cup sugar
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1½ teaspoons baking soda
- 3 tablespoons cocoa , heaping
- ¾ cups mayonnaise
- ½ cups water
- ¼ cup Bailey's Irish Cream
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
For the Irish Cream Frosting
- 8 ounces cream cheese at room temperature
- 4 tablespoons butter at room temperature
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 3 tablespoons Baileys Irish Cream , more if needed
Instructions
FOR THE CUPCAKES
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line the cupcake pans with paper liners.
- In a large mixing bowl, sift together the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and cocoa powder.
- Make a well in the flour mixture and add the mayonnaise, water, Bailey's Irish Cream and vanilla. Mix with hand mixer on medium speed for 2 minutes, or until smooth.
- Using a ¼ cup measure, scoop batter into the cupcake liners. Bake for approximately 20 minutes or until no longer wet on top and toothpick comes out clean. Transfer cupcakes to a wire rack and cool completely.
FOR THE FROSTING
- In a medium sized mixing bowl, blend together the cream cheese, butter, and Bailey's Irish Cream.
- Gradually add the powdered sugar, to the cream cheese mixture, mixing well until well combined. Add more cream if needed to obtain spreading consistency.
- This frosting will harden in the fridge, so plan to frost your cupcakes as soon as you are done making the frosting, If refrigerated, you will need to bring back to room temperature prior to frosting.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cupcakeCalories: 224kcalCarbohydrates: 29gProtein: 2gFat: 11gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 18mgSodium: 209mgPotassium: 34mgFiber: 1gSugar: 22gVitamin A: 190IUCalcium: 13mgIron: 1mg
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
Betsy @ Desserts Required.com
Such a clever way to incorporate Irish Cream into these cupcakes! Sharing on Desserts Required's FB page manana! 🙂
Jersey Girl Cooks
These look awesome! I love that you started these with a mayonnaise cake. My mom always made one when I was a kid.
Wendy Klik
We love mayonnaise cakes too. The frosting sounds delectable.
Christie
Those look DELICIOUS!! Of course, I'm a sucker for anything chocolate.
Carlee
Yes please! These look amazing and I bet they taste just as good!
Jas @All that's Jas
I'm drooling over that frosting!
Sue Lau
These look bake-shop quality, Shelby!
Caroline
Yum, these look so good, love that frosting as well!
Ellen
I know a few people who would love these cupcakes. I'm sure the Bailey's puts them over the top!