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I know, I cringed too at first. However, I thought long and hard about it, decided that it had the potential to be really gross or really delicious, and decided to make a double batch of them for all of my beer-loving friends.
Blue Moon gets mixed reviews from beer snobs and casual drinkers alike, but I like it. It has a pretty prominent citrus and wheat flavor and a light mouthfeel that is perfect for summer, and that I thought had the potential to really make a cupcake pop! So, I consulted with my good friend Garrett Miller over at The Beer Circle and decided that they would be a fabulous project for my upcoming summer trip to visit him and several other friends in Northern Virginia. So, I set to work looking for the best complements to frost and garnish!
The recipes I found online from The Bitchin’ Kitchin and Miss Make blogs called for an orange sugar frosting and a beer eggwhite froth, respectively. However, since the cakes had to survive a six hour drive in the back seat of my car, I settled on a much more sturdy orange cream cheese buttercream frosting from this recipe, to be garnished with orange zest and a tiny orange wedge.
I have to say, after my adventures with Chocolate Irish Carbomb Cupcakes, (which calls for Guinness Extra Stout in the chocolate cake recipe) I had quite a bit of faith in a beer cupcake. Guinness chocolate cake is the richest, moistest, most amazing chocolate cake I have ever made. I was right to trust these instincts, the wheat-y citrus flavor of Blue Moon really shone through in the moist vanilla cake, and it was complemented perfectly by the fresh-squeezed orange juice used in the frosting!
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Blue Moon Beer Cupcakes
I really recommend this recipe to anyone who enjoys a good Blue Moon on a summer evening. I might even give this recipe a reboot later this year with a different beer! If you’d like to try these for yourself, the recipe is available at Miss Make.
