Finally, the cupcake recipe!
Bass (or Harp) Cupcakes:
1/3 C Butter
1/2 C Sugar + 1/2 C Splenda OR 3/4 C Splenda baking blend instead of both
2 Large eggs
1 t vanilla
1 1/2 C Cake flour (not all-purpose, or they'll be too dry)
1 t Baking powder
3/4 t Baking soda
1/2 C cocoa powder
1 C Beer
Beat the butter until smooth, add the sugar(s), beat until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beat until smooth. Add the vanilla. Mix the dry ingredients together and add to the butter sugar egg mixture in two batches, alternating with the beer. Fill cups up half way only. Bake at 350º for 18 minutes.
If you don't want to combine these with my kick-ass Guinness Buttercream Frosting, it's your loss you can use buttermilk, milk, or soy milk instead of beer. If you do combine them with my Guinness frosting, it's like you're eating a delicious, cupcakey Black and Tan. Mmmmmmm. With the sugar and splenda it's got 142 calories, 5.6g fat, 21.5g carbs, 9g sugar, 3g protein per cake. If you use up the entire quart of frosting on only 14 cupcakes you're looking at an additional 220-ish calories per cake, but <1g additional carbs and a whole butt-load of fat (hey, it's low-sugar, not light). These turned out a little thin and eggy, but still good for low-sugar!
1/3 C Butter
1/2 C Sugar + 1/2 C Splenda OR 3/4 C Splenda baking blend instead of both
2 Large eggs
1 t vanilla
1 1/2 C Cake flour (not all-purpose, or they'll be too dry)
1 t Baking powder
3/4 t Baking soda
1/2 C cocoa powder
1 C Beer
Beat the butter until smooth, add the sugar(s), beat until fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, beat until smooth. Add the vanilla. Mix the dry ingredients together and add to the butter sugar egg mixture in two batches, alternating with the beer. Fill cups up half way only. Bake at 350º for 18 minutes.
If you don't want to combine these with my kick-ass Guinness Buttercream Frosting, it's your loss you can use buttermilk, milk, or soy milk instead of beer. If you do combine them with my Guinness frosting, it's like you're eating a delicious, cupcakey Black and Tan. Mmmmmmm. With the sugar and splenda it's got 142 calories, 5.6g fat, 21.5g carbs, 9g sugar, 3g protein per cake. If you use up the entire quart of frosting on only 14 cupcakes you're looking at an additional 220-ish calories per cake, but <1g additional carbs and a whole butt-load of fat (hey, it's low-sugar, not light). These turned out a little thin and eggy, but still good for low-sugar!