Chocolate/Peanut Butter Cupcake Explosion
- FOR THE CAKE:
- 2 cups Sugar
- 1-3/4 cup All-purpose Flour
- 3/4 cups Cocoa
- 2 teaspoons Baking Soda
- 1 teaspoon Baking Powder
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 2 whole Eggs
- 1 cup Buttermilk
- 1 cup Strong Black Coffee
- 1/2 cups Vegetable Oil
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 bag Miniature Reese's
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- For Peanut Butter Frosting:
- 4 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter, Softened
- 8 ounces, weight Cream Cheese, At Room Temperature
- 1/2 cups All Natural, Creamy, Peanut Butter
- 3-1/4 cups Powdered Sugar
- 1 cup Cool Whip
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- FOR CHOCOLATE FROSTING
- 2 sticks Unsalted Butter, Softened
- 1 Tablespoon Milk
- 6 ounces, weight Semisweet Chocolate Melted And Cooled Until Lukewarm
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1-1/4 cup Powdered Sugar
- For Black Magic Cake:
- Preheat oven to 350u0b0F. Line pans with cupcake paper (I used a metallic finished one so they look more like a candy wrapper)
- Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, buttermilk, coffee, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes.
- Pour a little bit of batter into a cupcake wrapper, place a mini Reese's inside, put more batter on top... and continue until all the cupcake wrappers are full.
- Bake 23 minutes. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely. Frost as desired.
- For Peanut Butter Frosting:
- In large bowl, with mixer on medium-low speed, beat butter, cream cheese, and peanut butter until smooth and blended.
- Add powdered sugar slowly, incorporating fully after each addition.
- Add cool whip and beat until smooth and creamy.
- For Chocolate Frosting:
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter until soft and creamy - about 3 minutes.
- Add the milk as you need it, and beat until smooth.
- Add the melted chocolate and beat well.
- Add vanilla, and beat for 3 minutes.
- Slowly add the sugar and beat until you reach your desired consistency.
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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/chocolatepeanut-butter-cupcake-explosion/ (may not work)