Kiss Me I’m Irish Cupcakes are the best adult cupcakes recipes ever! Made with homemade vanilla cupcakes and Irish buttercream frosting is the perfect cupcake for the adults at the party!
Vanilla Cupcakes With Irish Cream Frosting
Be warned though, these Kiss me I’m Irish cupcakes are NOT for the kiddos! If you want something for the kiddos, these Lucky Charms Cupcakes are perfect for the kids!
These Kiss me I’m Irish cupcakes are going to be the HIT at the party for St. Patrick’s Day! Made with homemade vanilla cupcakes, (although you could use chocolate cupcakes too) and the most amazing Bailey’s Irish Cream Frosting they are fluffy and flavorful and the frosting will blow your mind! It is sooo stinkin good!
These cupcakes are the perfect St. Patrick’s Day Dessert for after your corned beef and cabbage dinner served with traditional Irish soda bread. Or if you are wanting to change things up for St. Patrick’s Day dinner you should totally have Bangers and mash at least one time for St. Patrick’s Day dinner!
Kiss me I’m Irish cupcakes Ingredients
- 24 Vanilla Cupcakes
- Bailey’s Buttercream Frosting
- Green Food Coloring
Bailey’s Irish Cream Buttercream Frosting Ingredients
- 1 Cup Softened butter
- 1 Cup vegetable shortening
- 2 Pounds confectionery sugar
- 3 Tablespoons Bailey’s Irish Cream
Vanilla Cupcakes ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
- 1 1/4 cups cake flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
How to Make Kiss Me I’m Irish cupcakes
How to make Bailey’s Irish Cream Buttercream Frosting
Start off by mixing the soft butter and shortening together till nice and creamy on medium speed.
Turn the mixer down to the lowest setting and slowly incorporate the powdered sugar into the shortening mixture.
Once you have added all the sugar to the mix add in the Baileys Irish Cream.
Turn the mixer up to medium-high speed and continue mixing for 10 minutes until light and fluffy.
How to Make Vanilla Cupcakes
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line your cupcake pans with your choose of cupcake wrappers.
Place your self-rising flour, cake flour, and sugar in the bowl of your mixer. Mix them together for a minute or two until they are well combined.
Cut your butter into tablespoon pieces. Slowly add your butter into the flour mixture one piece at a time continue mixing until you have reached the texture of sand.
Pour half of your milk into the flour mixture and mix just until the milk is incorporated. Use your rubber spatula to scrape down the sides of your bowl. Add your remaining milk and the vanilla to your batter and mix until combined.
Slowly add in one egg at a time to the cake batter, making sure each egg is incorporated before adding the next egg.
Scoop the batter into the prepared cupcake pan, filling them 3/4 of the way full.
Bake for 10 minutes then rotate the cake pans so the pan that was on the top rack is now on the bottom and the pan that was on the bottom is now on the top rack. Continue to bake for another 10-13 minute until a toothpick comes out clean from the center of the cupcake.
Transfer the cupcakes to a cooling rack until they have reached room temperature.
Assembling Kiss Me I’m Irish cupcakes
While the cupcakes are cooling it is the perfect time to make your Bailey’s Buttercream Frosting. After you have made your frosting, set aside about 1/4 cup – 1/2 cup of frosting in a small bowl. Using green food coloring dye it green.
Once the cupcakes are cool, it is time to pipe the frosting. You are going to want to use the cupcake swirl to make the beautiful puffy frosting top.
Once you have frosted all of your cupcakes it is time to put the finishing touches on them with frosting 4 leaf clovers.
How to make a four leaf clover with Frosting
With your piping bag filled with green buttercream start by making a tear drop shape.
Now make another tear drop shape with the end of it over lapping the last tear drop point.
Continue with two more tear drop shapes until you have the shape of a four leaf clover.
Kiss me I'm Irish cupcakes
Ingredients
Kiss me I'm Irish cupcakes Ingredients
- 24 Vanilla Cupcakes
- Bailey's Buttercream Frosting
- Green Food Coloring
Bailey’s Irish Cream Buttercream Frosting Ingredients
- 1 Cup Softened butter
- 1 Cup vegetable shortening
- 2 Pounds confectionery sugar
- 3 Tablespoons Bailey’s Irish Cream
Vanilla Cupcakes ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups self-rising flour
- 1 1/4 cups cake flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
How to Make Kiss Me I'm Irish cupcakes
How to make Bailey’s Irish Cream Buttercream Frosting
- Start off by mixing the soft butter and shortening together till nice and creamy on medium speed.
- Turn the mixer down to the lowest setting and slowly incorporate the powdered sugar into the shortening mixture.
- Once you have added all the sugar to the mix add in the Baileys Irish Cream.
- Turn the mixer up to medium-high speed and continue mixing for 10 minutes until light and fluffy.
How to Make Vanilla Cupcakes
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line your cupcake pans with your choose of cupcake wrappers.
- Place your self-rising flour, cake flour, and sugar in the bowl of your mixer. Mix them together for a minute or two until they are well combined.
- Cut your butter into tablespoon pieces. Slowly add your butter into the flour mixture one piece at a time continue mixing until you have reached the texture of sand.
- Pour half of your milk into the flour mixture and mix just until the milk is incorporated. Use your rubber spatula to scrape down the sides of your bowl. Add your remaining milk and the vanilla to your batter and mix until combined.
- Slowly add in one egg at a time to the cake batter, making sure each egg is incorporated before adding the next egg.
- Scoop the batter into the prepared cupcake pan, filling them 3/4 of the way full.
- Bake for 10 minutes then rotate the cake pans so the pan that was on the top rack is now on the bottom and the pan that was on the bottom is now on the top rack. Continue to bake for another 10-13 minute until a toothpick comes out clean from the center of the cupcake.
- Transfer the cupcakes to a cooling rack until they have reached room temperature.
Assembling Kiss Me I'm Irish cupcakes
- While the cupcakes are cooling it is the perfect time to make your Bailey's Buttercream Frosting. After you have made your frosting, set aside about 1/4 cup - 1/2 cup of frosting in a small bowl. Using green food coloring dye it green.
- Once the cupcakes are cool, it is time to pipe the frosting. You are going to want to use the cupcake swirl to make the beautiful puffy frosting top.
- Once you have frosted all of your cupcakes it is time to put the finishing touches on them with frosting 4 leaf clovers.
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