Mocha Brownie Cupcake with Irish Cream Frosting

As I looked around the verious food blogs and website that I follow to get inspiration or just see what you all are cooking and baking up in your kitchens. Well, for the St. Patty's Day celebrations, I saw alot of people cooking up the traditional cabbage and slabs of corned beef,not really my favorite but their recipes and pictures were really moutwatering.One of my favorite places to find tasty recipes and some really nice food pictures is If you arent hungary you will be after looking at the site.

So, I decided after my looking and searching that I would make my version of the perfect St. Paddy's Day treat!
This is a really easy brownie that I adapted from the Hershey website. I did modify it a bit with coffee instead of water, which gave it a more deep and rich chocolate flavor. I also like that I could just put this in ONE bowl and mix it all together.

Next, I lined the cupcake pans with papers and poured my brownie/cupcake batter in a measuring cup to pour it a little easier.

The Frosting was a little a little trickier but I managed to come up with a frosting that was smooth, very tasty and easy to pipe. I did use cream cheese and butter and it turned out very well. I used Irish Cream Whiskey to give it a smooth taste perfect for celebreating the "irish in you"

Irish Cream Frosting

12oz. Cream cheese
1 Stick or butter
1/3c granualted sugar
1/4c Irish cream whiskey (use your favorite brand, I used Knickers brand)
Add all abouve ingredience in a mixer and beat till smooth.
Add 3 cups powdered sugar, one cup at a time,till desired consistancy. If its too thin add 1/2 cup more
Scrape down mixer bowl and continue mixing till smooth and mix together. Taste!!!! (my favorite part)
Let the cupcakes cool, fit a pastry bag with a 1/2in round tip and swirl on the frosting! Decorate with any kind of decoration, I used colored sugar sprinkels.

You can always just make brownies and use the above frosting and cut into squares.

Enjoy,
THe Pastry Diva