Real Men Eat Cupcakes-Baking with Beer

“For a quart of Ale is a dish for a king.” ―William Shakespeare.

When you think 'Cupcakes' the last thing that comes to mind is masculine or manly, but you can find a clever way to make this cutesy dessert into an attractive man-pleasing sinfully and delicious sweet treat.


During the month of June,  we feature one of our Cupcake Wars Winner Cupcakes and our number one choice for our male customers: our Chocolate Stout Beer and Salted Caramel Cupcake. Yes, it is as awesome as it sounds. This creation is our moist Chocolate cupcake infused with Extra Stout Beer- you can get the full recipe in my upcoming Recipe Book!


 This time I visited our neighbors Barley Mow Beer; they have a fabulous selection of craft beers (check them out!). They recommended the Southern Tier Double Milk 2X Stout, this beer has a great deep 'roasted' like flavor which perfect for baking!

 

Baking with alcohol can be a bit tricky mostly because if the alcohol level is not high enough the cooking process can bake off all of it and with it the flavor.
For this specific cupcake the main purpose is not necessarily to preserve the alcohol content of the beer but its deep and bitter flavors.

In order to keep as much as the beer taste after baking I normally reduce the beer previous to the baking by boiling it down to about half its volume.

If you would like to make a similar cake or cupcake simply choose your favorite chocolate cupcake recipe and substitute the liquid (ie: milk, water, buttermilk, etc.) for reduced beer.

Super easy, hopefully you will try it soon!

Much Love,
Ady