Stout Cupcakes with Chocolate Covered Pretzels with Recipe Link

Somehow I managed to stumble upon another beer cupcake recipe. I'm still trying to get myself to indulge in such a sinful vice but have yet to bake up any alcohol based treats for myself. However, these beer-infused cupcakes created by Jamie of My Baking Addiction look too delicious not to at least try! I was particularly intrigued by these espresso stout based cupcakes because of the chocolate/coffee flavor mingling of it all. The kicker is the dark chocolate covered pretzels atop these little bad boys, because in her words, "what goes better with beer than pretzels?!" She created an easy to follow guide on her site so you can create these dude pleasing cupcakes for yourself!

Blue Moon Cupcakes with Recipe Link

Lately I've been seeing more and more alcohol based cupcakes. Now I haven't had one myself but I occasionally like to partake in spirits and I do love cupcakes, so I see no reason why these two worlds shouldn't be combined to create some epic treats...and the site, Miss Make, figured out a way to do just that. The recipe looks pretty easy to follow, you can check it out here!

Beer cupcakes are coming! Sweet and Stout meets their Kickstarter campaign goal

Like beer cupcakes? Then you're in luck, because Sweet and Stout just ran a successful Kickstarter campaign and will now be bringing their unique, often local-themed beer cupcakes to Spokane, Washington. You can also keep up with them on their Facebook page and @SweetandStout on Twitter. Photos below are from their blog, where you see more fun cupcake flavors and get more details about these beer cupcakes. They can be reached at sweetandstout at gmail.com or 509-780-6197. (Note to bakeries: we are not cupcake omniscient, though that would be pretty awesome, and would've loved to blog about this while the Kickstarter campaign was going on, so if you're running a cupcake Kickstarter campaign, let us know at cupcakestakethecake at gmail.com and we'll retweet or blog about it.)





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Orange Belgian style cupcakes using Great Divide Brewing Company Hades Belgian Style Ale



Cinnamon Irish Death cupcakes using Quilter’s Irish Death from Iron Horse Brewery



Black cherry ale cupcakes with "a gooey cherry center" using Derailed Black Cherry Ale from Erie Brewing Company

Michigan cupcake bakery Just Baked expands

From Detroit Free Press:

Turkin estimates that by the end of 2012, Just Baked could have 25 to 27 stores in metro Detroit selling its sweet treats, which come in 65 flavors such as Grumpy Cake, Red Velvet and Fat Elvis. The company also recently began selling frozen two-pack versions of its cupcakes to grocery stores in Michigan and other Midwest states.

The expansion comes on the heels of new investment capital for Just Baked. Earlier this year, Turkin and her husband, Todd, sold 45% of their company to a group of top executives at Ferndale-based Garden Fresh Gourmet, including President Jack Aronson.

Sales at Just Baked have reached the $3 million to $4 million range, not bad for a company that started without a business plan. The company's average sale is half a dozen cupcakes. But Just Baked has seen increased demand for its cakes, including an order this week for a Motown-decorated cake for Jesse Jackson's 70th birthday party at the MGM Grand Detroit.

Visit justbakedshop.com for more information.

And from their Facebook page, a Halloween appropriate cupcake costume and "Our chocolate cupcake dipped in our beer ganache and topped with our 'bar mix' (pretzels, peanuts, corn nuts) and a chocolate covered potato chip."