Hi. We Really Like Food.: Guinness Cupcakes

Ingredients:
- Guinness
- Chocolate
- Awesomeness
- Rainbows

... no, but seriously

Ingredients:
For cupcakes,
- 1/2 Cup of Guinness
- 1 Stick of Butter
- 3 Tablespoons of Brown Sugar
- 1/2 Cup of Cocoa
- 1 Cup of Flour
- 3/4 Cup of Sugar
- 1 Teaspoon of Baking Soda
- 1/4 Teaspoon of Salt
- 1 Egg
- 1/3 Cup of Sour Cream
(src: Ming Makes Cupcakes)

For homemade icing,
- 1 Cup of Milk
- 5 Tablespoons of Flour
- 1 Teaspoon of Vanilla
- 1 Cup of Butter
- 1 Cup of Sugar
(src: Pioneer Woman - The Best Frosting I've Ever Had)

Steps:
Makin' Da Cupcakes
1. Melt Guinness, butter, and brown sugar in pan.

2. Add cocoa to the mixture and whisk.

3. Cool slightly.
4. In a bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt.

[ed. note, Joe: This picture doesn't really show much. But hey, more the merrier right?]

5. In a separate bowl mix egg and sour cream
6. Add cocoa stuff to the egg and sour cream mixture. Beat it.

7. Add flour to cocoa stuff + egg and sour cream. Beat again.

8. Bake at 350 for 20 mins

Vanilla Ice, Ice, Icing
1. Whisk flour into milk over heat until thickening occurs. Preferably using a disposable shot glass. No need to dirty the glass ones.

2. Let cool to room temperature.
3. Stir in the vanilla.
4. Let this mixture cool. While cooling, mix the cream, butter, and sugar together until fluffy.
5. Add flour-milk-vanilla mixture and beat until combined.