Chocolate Stout Cupcakes

with whipped Cream Cheese Frosting & Caramel Sauce

Chocolate and dark beers, such as a stout, are a fantastic pair – especially when combined into one amazing dessert. This chocolate stout cupcake recipe – a St. Patrick’s Day favorite – features our Old-World Bread Flour (which has a higher ash and protein content than a white bread flour) and your favorite stout. Together, they give these cupcakes an amazing malted chocolate flavor. The recipe also calls for chocolate wafers or bars instead of cocoa powder, which creates a less oily cake. 

Of course, what cupcake is complete without frosting? For this recipe, we’ve decided to compliment the rich chocolate flavor with a light and creamy whipped cream cheese frosting. And, to top it all off, we’ve added a drizzle of homemade caramel sauce. Wow!


Formula

Number of Units: 27 cupcakes / Unit Weight: 55 grams / Total Weight: 1485 grams

CUPCAKE BATTER Baker’s % Weight
Organic “Type 80” Old-World Bread Flour 100 293 g
Baking Soda 4 12 g
Salt 0.8 2 g
Butter, unsalted 39 114 g
Semisweet Chocolate – wafers or bar, broken up 118 346 g
Sugar, granulated 50 147 g
Eggs, large 35 103 g
Vanilla Extract 5 15 g
Plain Yogurt, whole milk 80 234 g
Stout Beer, room temp 75 220 g
Total 506.8 1485 g
TECHNICAL
Mixing Type Hand
Combine Flour, Baking Soda, and Salt in a separate bowl
Melt Butter and Chocolate in separate bowl, until smooth. Let cool until lukewarm.
Whisk Together Sugar, eggs, vanilla extract in separate large bowl
Add Yogurt to egg mixture, combine
Add Stout to egg mixture, combine
Add Dry mixture into egg mixture in two parts
Add Butter/chocolate mixture into batter, combine
Dividing 55 g
Baking* 15 min @ 350˚ F

*Baking time and temp can vary depending on oven.

FROSTING Baker’s % Weight
Heavy Cream 48 348 g
Cream Cheese, softened 31 225 g
Sugar, granulated 21 151 g
Vanilla Extract 0.5 4 g
Salt 0.2 1 g
Total 100.7 729 g
TECHNICAL
Mixing Type Electric Mixer
Whisk Heavy cream until stiff peaks form
Mix In separate bowl: cream cheese, sugar, vanilla extract, and salt until smooth
Fold Whipped cream into cream cheese mix, in two parts
CARAMEL SAUCE Baker’s % Weight
Sugar, granulated 50 100 g
Water 15 30 g
Heavy Cream 28 56 g
Butter, unsalted 7 14 g
Total 100 200 g
TECHNICAL
Heat Sugar and water in a small pot until honey-colored. Remove from heat.
Add Heavy cream slowly, stir until bubbles stop
Add Butter & stir. Let cool

Timing

Active Time: 30–45 min  /  Inactive time: 30–60 min  /  Baking Time: 15 min


Process

Cupcakes

Preheat your oven to 350˚F and prepare your cupcake pan with liners.

Combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

Gently melt the butter and chocolate together in a bain-marie or in the microwave, using a microwavable bowl. Set aside to cool until lukewarm (80–110˚ F).

In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract until slightly frothy.

Next, add the yogurt into the egg mixture and whisk to combine well.

Add the stout to the egg mixture and combine until it is evenly mixed. The mixture will look frothy from the carbonation.

Take your flour mixture and place half of it into the egg mixture and combine until the batter is smooth. Once the batter is lump-free, add remaining flour and mix until it is incorporated.

Add your cooled chocolate/butter mixture into the batter and combine until the batter is evenly colored. The batter should look very mousse-like.

Place about 55g or ¼ cup of batter into each cupcake liner and bake for 15 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted in the center.

When the cupcakes are done, allow them to fully cool on a rack before frosting.

Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting

In a large bowl, whip the heavy cream until stiff peaks have formed. Set aside.

In a separate bowl, beat together the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla extract, and salt until it is slightly fluffy.

Using a spatula, add half of the whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture and mix until it is combined well.

Add the remaining whipped cream into the cream cheese mixture and fold until the mixture is combined. The mixture should be soft and smooth, yet able to hold its form if piped.

Place the frosting into a piping bag and keep cold until the cupcakes are completely cooled and ready for frosting.

Caramel Sauce

Place the sugar and water into a small saucepan over medium / med-high heat. While the sugar is cooking, resist the urge to stir the mixture.

If sugar crystals start to form before the sugar caramelizes, use a wet, heatproof brush and brush the edges of the pot with a little water to help the crystals dissolve.

Let the sugar cook for about 6 to 8 min or until the sugar begins to change to a light-medium honey color. If the sugar is not coloring evenly, gently move the pot in a circular motion to swirl and encourage even heating.

Once the sugar has reached the light-medium honey color, remove the pot from the heat. Using a heat-proof spatula, slowly and carefully stir the heavy cream into the caramelized sugar.

Finish the caramel by adding the butter and mix until the caramel is smooth. Allow this to cool.

Once it has cooled, take a spoon and carefully drizzle the sauce over the frosting. If the caramel has become too hard to drizzle, it can be warmed up in the microwave in 10-second intervals or with the stove on low heat until it is more manageable.

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