Altbierbowle Cupcakes
Altbier cupcakes with raspberry beer filling topped with raspberry buttercream
Prep Time 30 minutes mins
Cook Time 40 minutes mins
Total Time 1 hour hr 10 minutes mins
Cupcakes:
- 1 box Butter or Vanilla Cake mix
- 3 Eggs
- ⅓ cup Vegetable Oil
- 1 cup Altbier or Kolsch beer
Raspberry Filling:
- 1 cup Raspberries (fresh or frozen)
- ½ cup Sugar
- ½ cup Altbier or Kolsch beer
Raspberry Buttercream
- 1 stick Butter
- 4 cups Confectioner's Sugar
- 1/4 cup Raspberry filling
- 1 tbsp Altbier or Kolsch beer
For the Cupcakes:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare cupcake pan with liners
Prepare cake mix according to package direction (below)
In a mixing bowl add cake mix, eggs, oil and beer
Mix slowly until incorporated
Beat on medium for 2 minutes
Fill cupcake liners to ⅔
Bake for 16-19 minutes
Cool completely
For the Filling:
To a small saucepan, add raspberries, sugar, and beer
Cook on medium heat until boiling and sugar is dissolved
Reduce heat to low and let simmer until mixture thickens. Approximately 15 minutes.
Set aside to cool
For the Buttercream:
In a mixing bowl add butter and beat until light and fluffy
On low speed, add confectioner's sugar 1 cup at a time, scraping bowl often
Add raspberry filling and mix until incorporated
Add 1 tbsp of beer
If frosting is too stiff, add 1 tbsp of beer until desired consistency
Whip on medium speed until frosting is light an fluffy
The Assembly:
Using a paring knife or a corer, make a small hole in the middle of each cupcake
Using a spoon, add the raspberry filling to each cupcake
Frost the cupcake with raspberry buttercream
Garnish with a raspberry on top
Keyword altbier, altbierbowle, buttercream, cupcakes, raspberry