Guinness cupcakes!

Here's my story of the Guinness cupcake. Sit back and enjoy....it's a funny one. Several months back I was in Charleston visiting my cousin, Meggan and we were discussing cupcake flavors and how today flavors were all over the place, from vanilla to double chocolate with ganache filling or even salted caramel. We were laughing that women are the main consumer of cupcakes and chocolate and sweet/salty combinations were perfect for us. But that got me thinking....where was the cupcake for men?

I then found an article on Beef Cake cupcakes...the cupcakes for men. Flavors like Bacon with maple syrup, butter rum and Guinness. Hmmmmm, I thought to myself. How hard could it be to make a chocolate Guinness cupcake with chocolate buttercream icing?

Off to the store I went. I bought a 4-pack of Guinness stout and the first thing I noticed was how heavy it was. When I got it home I also noticed that the can itself clinked. I mean, there was a ball-like contraption in the bottom of it that sounded like a spray paint can. It clinked. SO, I prepared my chocolate batter like normal except I was going to substitute the liquid for the Guinness beer. What does a woman do who doesn't drink beer do when the can sounds like a spray paint can? Shake the can, of course! Shake it until the clink lessens. That's what you do with paint, right?

So imagine my surprise when I pulled the top and beer went EVERYWHERE! On the ceiling (of my new house!), all over the counter, on the floor, all over Me! I was soaked from head to toe...thank goodness I was wearing an apron! Needless to say, I didn't get it right. There is No need to shake this beer and the little ball...only in the bottom to produce a nice foam on top when poured into a glass correctly.

Well, the beer is cleaned up and I've since gotten it down and the men who I know.....LOVE the Guinness cupcake. Enjoy this funny little story and if you want....a Guinness cupcake to go along with it.