Irish Flag Cupcakes Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven 350°. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition., Beat in applesauce and vanilla (mixture may appear curdled). Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with liqueur, beating well after each addition., Fill paper-lined muffin cups two-thirds full. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 18-22 minutes. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, in a large bowl, beat butter and cream cheese until fluffy. Beat in liqueur. Add confectioners' sugar; beat until smooth. Pipe over tops of cupcakes. Refrigerate leftovers.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners.
• Beat butter in a large bowl with an electric mixer until the butter is light and smooth, 2 to 3 minutes; beat in sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy, at least 5 more minutes.
• Beat in egg yolks one at a time, mixing until each yolk is just combined before adding the next; mix in sour cream and vanilla and almond extracts.
• Sift flour in a separate bowl with baking powder and salt.
• Stir flour mixture into the liquid ingredients in thirds, alternating with Irish cream liqueur, until the batter is smooth.
• Pour batter into the lined muffin cups.
• Bake in the preheated oven until the cupcakes are golden brown on top and a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes.

Steps:

• 1. NOTE: One large package of M and M's should have enough green and orange candies to make this recipe. Use the rest for M and M's cookies if you like.
• 2. Preheat oven and mix cake batter according to directions on box. Separate batter into 3 equal parts each in a separate small bowl. Use food coloring and color 1 part of batter green, 1 part orange, and leave one part white. Line cupcake pans with paper liners. Spoon some of each color of batter into each paper lined cupcake. You can leave as is or swirl batter a bit to look tie dyed. Bake according to directions on box.
• 3. Cool cupcakes completely before frosting with white icing. Drop a few orange and green M and M's on each cupcake.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Line 18 muffin cups with liners.
• In bowl, mix cocoa and hot water until dissolved; reserve.
• Melt 6 T butter; reserve.
• In bowl, mix flour with next five ingredients.
• Whisk in buttermilk, eggs, melted butter and cocoa mixture.
• Stir in chips.
• Divide among liners.
• Bake 18-22 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
• Cool 10 minutes.
• Transfer from pan to racks; cool.
• On medium-high speed, beat remaining butter until fluffy.
• Gradually beat in confectioners' sugar until blended.
• Add liqueur; beat until light and fluffy, 2 minutes.
• Beat in 1/8 t food coloring until blended.
• If desired, fit large star tip into pastry bag.
• Using paintbrush starting at tip of bag, paint 2-3 lines of food coloring along inside, ending 1 inch from edge.
• Place bag in glass; fill with frosting.
• Pipe, or with spoon, spread frosting over cupcakes.
• If desired, decorate with shamrocks.