Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes with Whisky Cream Frosting | culture: the word on cheese

Ingredients

• 1 cup Guinness stout
• 1 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature)
• ¾ cup Dutched cocoa powder
• 2 cups flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
• ¾ teaspoons salt
• 2 eggs
• ⅔ cup clotted cream (use crème fraîche if clotted cream is unavailable)
• 10 ounces heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon Irish whisky
• 1 tablespoon confectioner's sugar