Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes!

Well, I tried something new... at the request of my husband.  A few months ago we were at the cake store in Orange and the girl working the register mentioned she was making Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes.  Kyle, who adores Guinness, Irish Car Bombs, and cake has been bugging me to make them ever since.  I finally got brave.  The recipe is interesting, as you have to heat the Guinness with butter and then add it to the rest of the ingredients.  The cake mix also includes sour cream which makes it extremely moist and helps to off-set the alcohol flavor.
These are very intricate cupcakes, requiring a filling and a frosting.  The filling is a chocolate ganache with Irish whiskey.  This time around I didn't add the max amount of Irish whiskey so the ganache still has a nice bittersweet chocolate flavor. 
The frosting is a normal buttercream, but instead of using milk I used Bailey's Irish Cream.  I must admit - these cupcakes are literally the BOMB!  They are an awesome idea for anyone hosting a St. Patrick's Day Party or any Irish-themed party.

Here are a couple photos of the final product.  (The frosting does require some more trial and error as it was not fluffy enough to make the piping look "pretty").

There are a variety of recipes out there for these cupcakes.  I'm going to try to modify this to make it unique to "me"... but if you are interested in trying this recipe just "google" Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes.

Thanks for reading!
Aly