I made these cupcakes last year, but never shared the tutorial for them on my blog. Since they are so easy and SO fun, I couldnt resist sharing them this year!
Not only are these beer mug St. Patrick’s Day cupcakes fun and easy to do, but they’re actually made with beer, thanks to this fantastic Chocolate Stout Cake recipe from Sweetapolita!
Simply bake the cake according to direction, except put the batter into a cupcake pan. I did not use cupcake liners, but if you choose to, remember to remove them prior to assembling your beer mug.
Start off by getting a fist-full portion of green fondant.
Roll out your fondant on a clean working surface. If you need to, sprinkle cornstarch to keep the fondant from sticking.
Roll fondant to about 1/8 inch to 1/4 inch thickness, then cut into strips. The strip size will vary, depending on the height and width of your cupcake.
Now you want to add the mugs “panels” . Just cut out mini portions of fondant and, using a tiny amount of water as “glue,’ adhere the strips to what will become the side of the mug.
Take your fondant strip and wrap it around your cupcake. Overlap the fondant by about 1/2 inch, and adhere edges with frosting or water.
Next you can add the handle! Just take your green fondant and roll out a “snake,” or long rounded strip. Form it into the handle shape and set out to dry. Since I was in a hurry to make these, I put the handles into my oven at 170 degrees for 15-20 minutes. This dried them out enough for them to retain their shape.
Using a small amount of frosting, I attached the handle to the side of the fondant mug.
To create the beer foam, just put your frosting into a sealable plastic bag and cut off one corner to make a hole. You want a fairly large opening — about 1/4 to 1/2 inch across.
Apply pressure to the bag and pipe out billows of frosting. For an extra touch, let some drip down over the side. This technique is extremely forgiving, so have fun with it!
Be sure to let me know if you make them. I would love to see!
So stinkin cute!!
I love these! They made me smile…really really fun.
oh I remember these!! they are SO cute Amanda!
Love love love
Oh, those are so cute. I have never worked with fondant before, but may have to try these.
You are amazing. Plain and simple.
Those are fantastic! Love em!
These are soo cute!
These are just adorable! Def a must try for St Paddys day!
Oh wow they are so cool! They would be perfect for fathers day too. You’ve got the ‘foam’ frosting just right too
Nice!! Grate idea!!
How fun! I love the way you’ve even got the “beer foam” overflowing.
These are so cute! Thanks for sharing!:)
So, so cute!
Thanks for sharing. They’ll be perfect for
My St. PATRICK’s Day party. Can’t Wait to make them.
LOVE these…and the tutorial is perfect! Trying to think of where I can take them. Somebody better invite me to a St. Patrick’s Day party!!!
You are so sweet! And I have no doubt you will get LOTS of party invites!
These are so cute!! Perfect for St Patty’s Day! xoxo
So awesome!
So cute!
Hi Amanada.
I plan on making these!!! They look so cute. I am going to look up the cake recipe as well. Thank you so much for sharing, you are simple the best.
What type of frosting did you use for the foam?
Amanda, these are lovely, congratulations!
um there are the cutest things ever!!
These are absolutely adorable. Looking forward to giving them a try. Thanks for sharing.
What kind of frosting did you use for the “foam”? They look wonderful!
I wish I had seen these last yr when I was trying to make a beer mug cake for my dad’s Bday. I did an Octoberfest-esque bday party for him dubbed Harryfest in June :O) These are so cute
WHY are you SO talented!!!!???? These are freaking adorable! I love these cupcakes!
Love it!!! We own bars, so these are awesome!!!
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You are amazing Amanda these are so cute.
What a GREAT idea for St. Patrick’s Day! Your so creative! So glad you shared this tutorial
These are so cute, can’t wait to try them…especially the recipe. Thanks for sharing!
These are really awesome, thanks for the tutorial!
Amanda these are so cute!! Such a creative idea for St. Patty’s day & MUCH better than green beer
These are so creative! Love Love Love
Too much fun! I love that green color and the frothy beer head!!
I adore these!!!! And since I am part Irish, I will be making these for a “no green beer allowed” family get together! Super super adorable. Your just so dern creative!
I forgot how cute these are! And I am sure they taste as good as they look.
These are too cute!
I love them. Adorable!!
Love these….what a cute idea!
These are flippin’ adorable! So much better than green eggs on St. Paddy’s Day.
What a fun way to have a cupcake! I love it. Maybe my kids will have root beer versions.
Mmm, I bet these would be perfect with Irish cream buttercream! You always have the cutest ideas!
Those are beyond cute!
So cute! The stout cake totally makes it complete!
These are so awesome. I just stumbled upon your site and now I must learn how to do this!
Those are really cute! I love that the mug is edible too!
Thanks for the great tutorial! So cute!
I love this cupcake. So cute. I’m glad you decided to share it again.
Super cute but where did you find cupcake pans that bake the cakes straight down the sides and not tapered in near the bottom?
YOu can do a few things: 1. Just trim the edges of your cupcakes so that they are not tapered 2. Use free standing upright cupcake liners 3. Bake a cake and simply use a round cookie cutter and cut out little discs. Hope that helps!
Thanks for the tips. I didn’t see this answer when I posted my question about the same issue. I’ll look for those free standing upright cupcake liners.
These look stinking cute, Amanda!! Love how you’ve recreated the beer foam so accurately
These are SO cute!!! I saw these on Pinterest and HAD to come take a look.
The cupcakes look amazing, you are very talented
I love your cakes and tutorials have tried the rose cake and it came out pretty nice so I will certainly try the beer mug cupcakes, my husband will love them.
Keep up the good work and looking forward to learning more
Mmmm… Beeeer… oh I mean Mmmm… Caaake…
No I mean Mmmmm… Beeeer Caaake…
these are awesome and ur tutorial makes it easy. I am gonna try this soon….. Just a query, wouldn’t the fondant handles melt if we put them in oven? please explain that bit….. many thanks!
Have I mentioned that the parade in the town I live in has the second largest SPD parade in the country? Yes, I live in South Boston (aka Southie) which is pretty hardcore Irish. These cupcakes look amazing!!!!
I need to come visit you. That parade sounds SO fun!!!
I made these last night….they don’t look like yours but they’re still pretty cute
I actually made these but they didn’t look as perfect as yours. It was my first time using fondant though so I have to give myself a little break. Still, they came out really cute and sold at a bake sale for $3 each. It was a great fundraiser. Thanks for the idea! Here’s a link to my blog post about them: http://www.lifewellblended.com/2012/03/friday-week-3/
St Patrick’s day is my mom’s favourite holiday. I am so trying these!
Hi all — I have a question. A coworker brought in store-bought cupcakes. These had straight sides, not the typical flared sides of a cupcake where the top is broader than the bottom. The cupcake in the photo above seems to have straight sides too. Is there a brand of cupcake pans where the cups have straight sides or were these trimmed? I’d really like to have a pan where the cupcakes have the straight (more tubular) sides.
Thanks for any information!
I havent seen a pan with straight sides… yet! I use free standing cupcake liners. You just place them on a cookie sheet and bake as usual. Works great!
When I “googled” for straight-sided cupcake pans, a link to Lodge cast iron pans came up. They have some cast iron pans that each hold 6 muffins or cupcakes, but I am not sure these would work so well. For heartier muffins, maybe…