Chocolate Guinness Muffins

Name: Chocolate Guinness Muffins
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 12
Cuisine: Irish
Ingredients: 125 g butter; 0.5 cups Guinness or Stout; 60 g cocoa powder; 225 g caster sugar; 2 egg eggs; 75 g sour cream; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 150 g self raising flour; 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda; 100 g soft butter; 180 g icing sugar; 1 tsp vanilla essence; 200 g full fat cream cheese

by The Batch Lady - https://thebatchlady.com/r/5045/

These are the BEST muffins ever, who could resist these!

Prep Time

10 minutes

Cook Time

25 minutes

Total Time

35 minutes

Difficulty

Beginner

Cuisine

Irish

Servings

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories

380kcal

Fat

21.6g

Sat. Fat

6.6g

Carbs

43.9g

Sugars

34.0g

Fibre

0.3g

Protein

3.5g

Salt

331mg

Ingredients Method

Serves

butter

125 g
Guinness or Stout

0.5 cups (120 ml)
cocoa powder

60 g
caster sugar

225 g
eggs

2 egg
sour cream

75 g
vanilla essence

1 tsp
self raising flour

150 g
bicarbonate of soda

1 tsp

Cream Cheese Icing

soft butter

100 g
icing sugar

180 g
vanilla essence

1 tsp
full fat cream cheese

200 g

1. Preheat the oven to 180oc and line a 12 hole muffin tin with liners.
2. In a saucepan melt the butter and stout together, once melted take off the heat and stir through the cocoa powder and sugar and whisk well.
3. In a mixing bowl mix together the eggs, sour cream and vanilla. Add in the flour and bicarb and then finally, pour in the chocolate guinness mixture. Mix the batter really well and then pour evenly between the 12 muffin cases.
4. Place in the oven and cook for 25 minutes.
5. Once the muffins are cooked, leave them to cool. You will make the icing when you are ready to eat them.

Ready to freeze

Once the muffins are cooled, add to a large freezer bag and freeze.

Ready to eat

Remove the muffins from the freezer and leave to defrost.

To make up the icing-
1. add your softened butter to a mixing bowl and whisk well for 2 minutes before sifting in your icing sugar.
2. Add in the vanilla essence and the cream cheese and mix until you have a lovely smooth icing.
3. Ice onto the muffins and enjoy!

Ingredient	Calories	Fat	Sat. Fat	Carbs	Sugars	Fibre	Protein	Salt
butter 10.416666666667 g margarine 10.416666666667 g	74.9kcal	8.4g	1.7g	0.1g	-	-	0.1g	98.2mg
Guinness or Stout 0.041666666666667 cups stout 10 g	3.5kcal	-	-	0.3g	-	-	0.0g	-
cocoa powder 5 g unsweetened cocoa powder 5 g	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
caster sugar 18.75 g sugar 18.75 g	72.6kcal	-	-	18.7g	18.7g	-	-	0.2mg
eggs 0.16666666666667 egg egg 0.16666666666667 small	9.1kcal	0.6g	0.2g	0.0g	0.0g	-	0.8g	9.0mg
sour cream 6.25 g sour cream 6.25 g	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
vanilla essence 0.083333333333333 tsp vanilla extract 0.083333333333333 drop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
self raising flour 12.5 g self rising flour 12.5 g	45.1kcal	0.2g	0.0g	9.1g	0.0g	0.3g	1.5g	0.3mg
bicarbonate of soda 0.083333333333333 tsp baking soda 0.083333333333333 teaspoon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	91.2mg
soft butter 8.3333333333333 g margarine 8.3333333333333 g	59.9kcal	6.7g	1.4g	0.1g	-	-	0.1g	78.6mg
icing sugar 15 g icing sugar 15 g	58.4kcal	-	-	15.0g	14.7g	-	-	0.3mg
vanilla essence 0.083333333333333 tsp vanilla essence 0.083333333333333 drop	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
full fat cream cheese 16.666666666667 g cream cheese 16.666666666667 g	57.0kcal	5.7g	3.2g	0.7g	0.5g	-	1.0g	53.5mg

Chocolate Guinness Muffins

Nutrition (per serving)

Cream Cheese Icing

Ready to freeze

Ready to eat

Equipment Used

12 Cup Muffin Tray Non-Stick | Muffin Tray to Make Cupcakes, Yorkshire Pudding and Baking.

Bacofoil Safeloc Food and Freezer Medium Bags, 76 Bags

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