Green Velvet Cupcakes with Baileys Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe
With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, we wanted to share a fun recipe that added a little Irish “zip” to a fun green velvet cupcake recipe.
We hope you have a fun (and safe) St. Patty’s Day!
(Yield 12 cupcakes)
INGREDIENTS
Cupcakes:
1 1/4 cup Flour
1 cup Sugar
1 tbsp Cocoa Powder
1/4 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Baking Soda
1 Egg
1/2 cup Oil
1/2 cup Milk
1 tsp Vinegar
1/2 tsp Vanilla
Green Food Coloring
Frosting:
8 oz softened Cream Cheese
4 tbsp softened Butter
3 cups Powdered Sugar
3 tbsp Baileys
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 350.
Line a muffin pan with paper liners.
Beat egg and then add remaining wet ingredients and whisk until blended.
In a separate bowl whisk together all the dry ingredients.
Add wet ingredients to the dry stir until combined.
Now add food coloring until you reach the desired color.
Fill cupcake liners about 2/3 full.
Bake about 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.
Allow to cool on wire rack.
Cream together cream cheese, butter and Baileys.
Gradually add in powdered sugar and whip until desired consistency is reached.
Transfer to zippered bag or piping bag and pipe frosting onto cupcakes.
- Cupcakes:
- 1¼ cup Flour
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 tbsp Cocoa Powder
- ¼ tsp Salt
- ½ tsp Baking Soda
- 1 Egg
- ½ cup Oil
- ½ cup Milk
- 1 tsp Vinegar
- ½ tsp Vanilla
- Green Food Coloring
- Frosting:
- 8 oz softened Cream Cheese
- 4 tbsp softened Butter
- 3 cups Powdered Sugar
- 3 tbsp Baileys
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Line a muffin pan with paper liners.
- Beat egg and then add remaining wet ingredients and whisk until blended.
- In a separate bowl whisk together all the dry ingredients.
- Add wet ingredients to the dry stir until combined.
- Now add food coloring until you reach the desired color.
- Fill cupcake liners about ⅔ full.
- Bake about 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in middle comes out clean.
- Allow to cool on wire rack.
- Cream together cream cheese, butter and Baileys.
- Gradually add in powdered sugar and whip until desired consistency is reached.
- Transfer to zippered bag or piping bag and pipe frosting onto cupcakes.
Oh these look so yummy, especially with the Baileys cream cheese frosting. 🙂
I love these cupcakes – they are whimsical and sophisticated at the same time, not to mention sound delish!!! I want to try these!
I love this recipe! They look amazing, my hubby and son will love them 🙂
Another St. Patty’s Day recipe that looks amazing. I’ll have to share this with the family! Thanks for sharing!
These sound YUM especially the frosting an I love your poresentation. 🙂
these cupcakes look really yummy.that frosting sounds really good
Love these cute cupcakes. Perfect for a little party
Love the cupcakes
I would like these very much. Looks like you snuck some spinach in the cupcakes….
Looks yummy! Thank you for the recipe
I love Baileys! The frosting on these is the best, and the green color is perfect for the kiddos. What a wonderful treat!
Oh Yum! These Cupcakes look so delicious and a good treat to make for St. Patty’s Day. Thanks for the recipe!
I’d eat these cupcakes any day of the year!
What a great idea! These look amazing. I bet they are delicious.
Sounds like the perfect adult treat.
My husband would love these after our st. Patrick meal of corned beef and cabbage!
These would be a great St. Patrick’s Day treat. Not much is better than a good cupcake…especially with extra frosting.