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Honey Roasted Grapefruit Wheat Ale and Meyer Lemon Cupcakes

September 5, 2017 by rachelle 20 Comments

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Honey Roasted Grapefruit Wheat Ale and Meyer Lemon Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting are so good you won’t want to share

Honey Roasted Grapefruit Wheat Ale and Meyer Lemon Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting are so good you won't want to share

My Honey Roasted Ruby Red Grapefruit Wheat Ale didn’t win the competition, so I consoled myself by using it to make cupcakes.

Honey Roasted Grapefruit Wheat Ale and Meyer Lemon Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting are so good you won't want to share

I mentioned this before, but didn’t really elaborate.  I brewed this beer for a competition called Beer and Branding.  It was a really cool event where home brewers were matched up with a marketing team.  The brewers created a recipe and brewed the beer while the marketing team designed a brand and label to go with it.  All the beer had to use a secret ingredient chosen by NoDa Brewing Company’s head brewer.


Honey Roasted Grapefruit Wheat Ale and Meyer Lemon Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting are so good you won't want to share

You guessed it – the secret ingredient was grapefruit.  I decided to cut them in half, cover them in honey, and roast them.  It was called Groovy Red Ruby and I think it was the best beer I ever brewed.  You can even see a little bit of pink from the red grapefruit in the head.

The label was really cool too!  My team did an awesome job and created a graphic of my white boxer, Holly, riding a wave on a surfboard.  I wish I had a copy to share, but sadly, I don’t.

Honey Roasted Grapefruit Wheat Ale and Meyer Lemon Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting are so good you won't want to share

It didn’t win the competition, but it is an amazing beer that I’m still enjoying and will absolutely brew again.  And I might just keep it all for myself. 🙂

Honey Roasted Grapefruit Wheat Ale and Meyer Lemon Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting
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Honey Roasted Grapefruit Wheat Ale and Meyer Lemon Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

Ingredients

For the Cupcakes

  • 3 cups flour
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 sticks butter room temperature
  • 4 eggs room temperature
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 tablespoons lemon zest
  • 3 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup whole milk
  • 2 tablespoons heavy cream
  • 1/2 cup beer

For the Frosting

  • 16 ounces cream cheese
  • 2 stick butter room temperature
  • 4 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 tablespoon meyer lemon juice
  • 2 teaspoon meyer lemon zest
  • 6 cups powdered sugar

Instructions

For the Cupcakes

  1. Preheat oven to 325
  2. Line 2 cupcake pans with paper cupcake liners
  3. Whisk or sift together flour, salt, and baking powder
  4. Add butter and sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat on medium high until light and fluffy
  5. Add eggs one at a time making sure each one is incorporated before adding the next and scraping down the sides
  6. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture and beat until incorporated
  7. Add milk and beat until incorporated
  8. Add another 1/3 of flour mixture and beat until incorporated
  9. Add the beer, juice, and zest and beat until incorporated
  10. Add the remaining 1/3 of the flour mixture and beat until incorporated
  11. Transfer to prepared muffin tins filling about 3/4 of the way to the top
  12. Bake 25 - 27 minutes or until golden brown on top and done in the center, rotate pans halfway through baking
  13. Cool on wire racks

For the Frosting

  1. Combine butter and cream cheese in the bowl of a stand mixer and beat on medium high until smooth
  2. Add vanilla, juice, and zest and beat until combined
  3. Reduce speed to medium lo and add powdered sugar one cup at a time until combined and smooth
  4. Transfer frosting to a pastry bag fitted with whatever tip you like and pipe onto cooled cupcakes

NOTES: 

  1. Obviously you do not have this Honey Roasted Grapefruit Wheat Ale beer, but you can use a grapefruit ale or a wheat ale and substitute some of the lemon zest with grapefruit zest
  2. If you aren’t a cream cheese frosting freak like me, you can use half of the frosting recipe for a lighter frosted cupcake or substitute a butter cream if that blows your dress up
  3. I thought there was a gallery of the branding photos somewhere on Facebook, but I haven’t found them yet.  If I do, I’ll update this post and include a link.

 

Honey Roasted Grapefruit Wheat Ale and Meyer Lemon Cupcakes with Cream Cheese Frosting

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Comments

  1. cindy

    February 8, 2017 at 1:35 am

    Oh my, now that is a great recipe for the million lemons I have in my backyard right now. Nice work with Beer and Branding competition – sounds fun. Love that you are brewing your own beer and shoot those lemony cream cheese frosted cupcakes look delicious.

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  2. Dawn - Girl Heart Food

    February 8, 2017 at 7:41 am

    Girl, that beer sounds amaze balls! Too bad that you didn’t win, but no matter because you ended up making these delicious cupcakes. I’m sure if I were judging I would pick yours as #1 🙂 I love grapefruit, especially IN stuff. Your piping skills on these little cuties are soooo much better than mine. P.S. Cream cheese frosting totally blows my skirt up 😉

    Reply
  3. David @ Spiced

    February 8, 2017 at 8:11 am

    What a fun experience, Rachelle! I’m sorry to hear that you didn’t win…but that’s really awesome that NoDa hosted such a cool event with home brewers. #MuchRespect If I had been a judge, you would have won. No question. But I love that you turned that beer into cupcakes. These sound delicious, and I’d be happy to sample them if you need a second opinion. Also, I enjoy buttercream more than cream cheese frosting…but neither blows my dress up. Just sayin’.

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  4. Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary

    February 8, 2017 at 1:09 pm

    You won the competition in my head, Rach!!!! I mean, your beer was AMAZING. The flavor, the label, the brewer – ALL AMAZING. That competition must have been rigged. 😉 Love that you turned the beer into CUPCAKES!!! How freggin’ genius is that?! These look absolutely delicious, girlfriend… and rather dangerous, because no way in hell am I just eating one of these beauties! I meyer lemon mixed with a honey grapefruit wheat ale?! DROOLING! Pinned of course! Cheers, lovely! xo

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  5. Amanda

    February 8, 2017 at 1:41 pm

    I think you should have won. That ale sounds flipping amazing and so unique. Mmm, grapefruit! What a creative idea.
    These cupcakes look like pure bliss in every bite. Yum!

    Reply
  6. Mary Ann | The Beach House Kitchen

    February 8, 2017 at 4:42 pm

    Bummer you didn’t win Rachelle, but boy it sounds delicious! Glad you used it to make some cupcakes. I bet they were fabulous too!

    Reply
  7. Kathy @ Beyond the Chicken Coop

    February 9, 2017 at 8:53 am

    What a great opportunity! You’ll get ’em next time! I don’t think I’ve ever seen a cupcake made with beer! You are a definite winner in the creative use of beer category!

    Reply
  8. karrie @ Tasty Ever After

    February 9, 2017 at 10:59 am

    Boooooo to those people who didn’t give you the big blue ribbon!!! I’m sure your grapefruit wheat ale was the best and I would have voted you to win. Do you need me to do some you-know-what punching? Cause I will girl! lol! Nice comeback thou on these cupcakes because they look delish! I love meyer lemon anything, but especially when it’s in a mini cake form with frosting on top 😉

    Reply
  9. mira

    February 9, 2017 at 11:44 am

    You’ll win next time!!! These look gorgeous! Pinned!

    Reply
  10. Anu - My Ginger Garlic Kitchen

    February 10, 2017 at 6:24 am

    What a fantastic experience you had, Rachelle. Cupcake with beer sounds like the best treat ever. What a unique and creative use of beer! I wish you win the next time. 🙂

    Reply
  11. Manali@CookWithManali

    February 10, 2017 at 12:48 pm

    Oh never mind, you will win next time! 🙂 but it sounds like a great experience! The cupcakes look lovely!

    Reply
  12. annie@ciaochowbambina

    February 15, 2017 at 12:35 pm

    Makes the win you’ll undoubtedly get even sweeter! Loving these cupcakes, Rachelle!

    Reply
  13. Rachel @ Bakerita

    February 15, 2017 at 7:19 pm

    That beer sounds SO good, and these cupcakes sound like such a delicious way to use it!! Meyer lemon makes the perfect complement, too.

    Reply
  14. Erin

    February 18, 2017 at 9:04 pm

    What a fun experience this sounds like even if you didn’t win. Plus you got to make yummy cupcakes. Awesome job!

    Reply
  15. Lynne Curry

    February 20, 2017 at 11:18 am

    I love the name of your beer (and the honey-roasted technique) even if you didn’t win. It’s disappointing. At the same time, it sounds like an awesome experience that you can turn into something personal and new–just like these beautiful cupcakes. Good luck for next time!

    Reply
  16. Kristen Chidsey

    February 22, 2017 at 9:22 am

    I want your beer! I need to try that. I bet I would think you should have won!

    Reply
  17. Lane & Holly @ With Two Spoons

    February 22, 2017 at 10:32 pm

    Holy hell this sounds amazing. But I might need your beer to make it truly amazing! Send some my way!

    Reply
  18. fabiola@notjustbaked

    February 23, 2017 at 3:19 pm

    Honey roasted grapefruit sounds awesome!

    Reply
  19. Megan @ MegUnprocessed

    February 24, 2017 at 7:33 pm

    These looks pretty! And the honey roasted grapefruit flavor sounds good!

    Reply
  20. Recipesandyou

    September 21, 2017 at 5:15 am

    amazing idea. Honey roasted grapefruit. Am a passionate baker and this recipe is surely inviting me to bake. Trying these soon.

    Reply

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