St. Patrick's Day Guinness Cupcakes

These super-delicious cupcakes are sure to be a hit on St. Patrick's Day whether you taking them to work, or serve them up to eat at home. The moist chocolate cake is not too sweet and is perfectly enhanced with a touch of Guinness. Paired perfectly with cream cheese frosting, it's hard not to eat the whole lot at one time. Topping them with some St. Patrick's Day themed decorations really puts the cuteness factor over the top. They'll be gobbled up faster than you can say "They're magically delicious!"

1. In a bowl, cream together the butter and both sugars. In another bowl, mix together the baking powder, cinnamon, salt, flour and cocoa. At the very last moment, add the Guinness to the eggs. (Don’t let it sit too long, or the alcohol will begin to cook the eggs!)
2. Add half of the dry ingredients to the butter and sugar mixture and blend, then add half of the wet ingredients. Repeat this process until all the ingredients are combined.
3. Pre-heat the oven to 350 degrees F, and prepare 24 muffin tins with liners. Divide the batter evenly, filling each to two-thirds full, and bake until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean, about 18 minutes. Remove cupcakes from tins and cool on cake rack for about 10 minutes. Let cupcakes cool completely before frosting.
4. In a bowl, beat together the cream cheese and butter until mixed, then beat in the sugar. Finally, add the vanilla.
5. Fill a bag with icing and pipe onto each cupcake starting on the outer most edge and working towards the middle in a circular pattern. Roll cupcake in plateful of sprinkles and then top with marshmallows.

originally adapted from Oprah.com