I know this is a blog that’s supposed to cross borders, and sometimes that means we should be a bit more sensitive to the various cultures that may or may not be reading this. But one of my favorite cupcake recipes has a name that…well, it’s not very sensitive. It’s based off a drink. This drink involves dropping a shot glass of Baileys & Jameson’s into a pint glass of Guinness. Because of the explosive look and the iconic Irish drinks, it’s called an Irish Car Bomb. Not a drink I would order in, say, Dublin, but tasty, and the basis for today’s cupcake recipe. But you have my permission to just think of them as Irish cupcakes: Chocolate Guinness cupcake with Jameson’s caramel sauce filling and Bailey’s buttercream frosting.

This might be obvious advice, but read the whole recipe first, to make sure you have the appropriate equipment, and to determine some of the order of operations.

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