You don’t have to wait for St. Patrick’s Day to indulge in Baileys chocolate cupcakes. It all starts with made-from-scratch moist chocolate cupcake, a rich chocolate ganache made of melted chocolate and topped with a fluffy buttercream with Baileys Irish Cream flavor.

Are you drooling yet?

The Best Baileys Irish Cream Cupcakes

Make the chocolate cupcakes:

Follow the recipe below or try my Irish Car Bomb Cupcakes

• 1/2 cup unsalted butter, or vegetable oil
• 1 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 6 Tablespoon water
• 6 Tablespoons Hershey’s Dark Cocoa Blend
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 6 tablespoons milk

How to Make Bailey’s Irish Cream Cupcakes

1. preheat oven to 350°F and line the cupcake pan with cupcake liners.

2. In a large bowl, beat butter and sugar until light in color and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes.

3. Add eggs one at a time, beating just until blended.

4. Add vanilla, water, and cocoa powder to another bowl and whisk until smooth. The mixture will be thick.

5. Add chocolate mixture to the batter and mix until combined. Scrape down the bowl’s sides as needed to ensure everything is well combined.

6. In a medium bowl, combine dry ingredients: flour, baking soda, and salt.

7. Alternate adding the flour mixture and milk to the wet ingredients batter. Begin by adding half of the dry mix, then mix well. Add the milk and mix well by hand or with an electric mixer, scraping down the sides as needed. Add the remaining flour mixture and mix until smooth.

8. Fill cupcake paper liners 3/4 way with the chocolate cupcake batter.

Wondering how much batter to use per cupcake?

For standard 2½-inch cupcakes, fill cupcake liners with ¼ cup batter or about ⅔ to ¾ of the way full.

9. Bake for 15-17 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out with a few crumbs.

10. Allow cupcakes to cool for about 2-3 minutes, then remove them to a wire rack or cooling rack to finish cooling.

Once your cupcakes are cooled to room temperature, you can fill them.

You can fill it with the ganache recipe below or try my Irish Car Bomb Filling

Fill with Chocolate Ganache:

This delicious Chocolate ganache is the ultimate for all things sweet.

It’s not only easy but incredibly versatile.

You’ll find it adds a luxurious rich touch to desserts–frost cakes, use it as a cake filling, pour over ice cream sundaes, use it as a fruit dip, or roll it to make truffles.

It’s rich and glossy and oh, so delicious!

Ingredients:

• 8 oz semi sweet chocolate chips
• 5 Tablespoons Baileys Irish Cream
• 5 Tablespoons heavy whipping cream
• 1 Tablespoon Irish Whiskey, optional

How to Make Chocolate Ganache

Put the chocolate chips in a small heat-proof bowl.

16. Combine the Baileys and heavy cream in a microwave-safe bowl or measuring cup and heat in the microwave until it just begins to boil.

17. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate chips, add whiskey if using and whisk until smooth.

18. Cut out the center of each cupcake with a cupcake corer or knife.

Top with Bailey Iris Cream Frosting:

This Bailey’s Irish Cream Frosting Recipe is everything I love about the original…it’s sweet, creamy, and delicious.

I have enjoyed sitting with my dad or Charlotte the Great at the kitchen table, adding Bailey’s Irish Cream to our coffee.

I have indulged in the delicious taste in its pure form poured over ice.

I’m sharing how to make Bailey’s Irish Cream frosting for a delectable topping for cupcakes, cakes, and more!

Sometimes the occasion calls for buttercream, and sometimes, you want boozy buttercream and this Irish Cream Buttercream does not disappoint!

It’s sweet, creamy, delicious, and has just a hint of Baileys Irish Cream Liqueur.

You’ll want to keep an eye on the consistency of your frosting, and my rule of thumb is always to taste the frosting.

It may need more Bailey’s Irish Cream!

This recipe should make enough frosting to cover a 13-inch x 9-inch sheet cake, 2-layer round 8-inch cake, 24 cupcakes (applied with a knife) if you opt to pipe it on as a swirl, probably 12-15 cupcakes.

BAILEYS IRISH CREAM Frosting Recipe: