Baileys Infused Cupcakes with Baileys Frosting

Irish cream cupcakes with chocolate sprinkles on top.

5 from 6 votes

Baileys Infused Cupcakes with Baileys Frosting

Elevate your next cupcakes with these Baileys Infused Cupcakes with Bailey's Frosting recipe! They are delightful, creamy, and boozy. Your guests will be smiling and feeling merry at your next celebration!

Prep Time1

Total Time1

Course: Cupcakes, Dessert, Snack, Sweet Treat

Cuisine: British

Servings: people

Calories: 730kcal

Author: Jen Sim

Equipment

1 Hand whisk or stand whisk
1 Spatula
1 Cupcake cups
1 Toothpick
1 Piping bag
1 Nozzles

Ingredients

600 g of unsalted butter
1000 g of icing sugar
4 tablespoon Baileys Irish cream
12 vanilla cupcakes
12 chocolate cupcakes
Chocolate sprinkles
Chocolate sauce

Instructions

Infuse Cupcakes

Pour Baileys into a squeezable plastic bottle.
Remove cupcakes from the oven and place them on an oven rack.
While they are still hot poke holes into the cupcakes using a toothpick. Then pour a few drops of Baileys into each cupcake (it is important to do this when the cakes are still hot).
Leave the cupcakes to cool before decorating with buttercream.

Baileys Buttercream

Whisk unsalted butter in a large bowl for 1 minute.
Add half of the sifted icing sugar to the butter and whisk for 3 minutes. Then, add the remaining icing sugar and whisk for another 3 minutes.
Finally, add 5-8 tablespoon of Baileys (depending on how strong you want the Baileys flavor to be). Whisk for 2-3 more minutes.

Decorate Cupcakes

Add buttercream to a piping bag with a star nozzle and decorate cupcakes as desired.
Option to top with chocolate sauce and chocolate sprinkles.

Notes

Baileys: Feel free to alter the Baileys depending on your preferences. The more Baileys you add the higher the alcohol content. Also, adding too much Baileys may alter the texture of the buttercream so don't add too much.

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