irish car bomb cupcakes

i baked stout cupcakes as i do every st patrick's day, but  this year i changed it up a bit. i had left hand milk stout so i used that for the cupcake, and i made baileys frosting. i meant to do something with irish whiskey, but i kind of forgot, but either way these cupcakes were soo fuggin yummy. when i moved i apparently threw away my cupcake pan so i only had a mini cupcake pan and i must say i love baking mini cupcakes so much more than regular cupcakes. the take half the time to bake and sometimes a huge cupcake is too much for some people. so since this was my first time baking mini cupcakes, i didn't realize it meant i'd be making triple the cupcakes! so i bake half of the batter and i had like 50 cupcakes. i ended up bringing a bunch to work. then the following day i baked the remaining batter for a bbq and i still had a ton of cupcakes leftover from that, so i brought those to work as well.

irish car bomb cupcakes (yields 24 cupcakes, 48 mini cupcakes)

*1 cup stout

*1 cup butter, softened

*3/4 cup cocoa pwdr

*2 cups flour

*2 cups sugar

*1 1/2 tsp baking soda

*2 eggs

*3/4 tsp salt

*2/3 cup sour cream

frosting:

*2 cups butter, softened

*5 cups powdered sugar

*6 tbsp baileys

preheat oven to 350 degrees F. bring the stout and butter to a simmer in a saucepan. add the cocoa powder and whish until smooth. cool slightly. whisk flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. beat eggs and sour cream together then add stout chocolate mixture. add the flour mixture. bake for 17 minutes (8-10minutes for mini cupcakes). frosting: whip butter, then add powdered sugar. add baileys and mix. frost cupcakes after completely cooled.