Peanut ButterFilled Chocolate Cupcakes
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
- 4 ounces semisweet chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- Peanut-Butter Filling (recipe follows)
- 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) unsalted butter, melted
- 1/2 cup confectioners sugar, sifted
- 3/4 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- (makes enough for 12 cupcakes)
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- Line a standard muffin tin with paper liners.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Put butter and chocolates in a heatproof bowl set over (not in) a pan of simmering water; stir until melted.
- Remove from heat, and let cool slightly.
- Whisk granulated sugar into cooled chocolate mixture.
- Add eggs, and whisk until mixture is smooth.
- Stir in vanilla.
- Add flour mixture; stir until well incorporated.
- Spoon 2 tablespoons chocolate batter into each lined cup, followed by 1 tablespoon peanut butter filling.
- Repeat with another tablespoon of batter, and top with 1 teaspoon filling.
- Swirl top of cupcake batter and filling with a wooden skewer or toothpick.
- Bake, rotating tin halfway through, until a cake tester inserted in centers comes out with only a few moist crumbs attached, about 40 minutes.
- Transfer tin to a wire rack to cool completely before removing cupcakes.
- Cupcakes can be stored up to 3 days at room temperature in airtight containers.
- Stir together all ingredients until smooth.
- Use immediately.
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Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/peanut-butter-filled-chocolate-cupcakes-389885 (may not work)