Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes
- FOR THE CUPCAKES:
- 2/3 cups Flour
- 1/2 teaspoons Baking Powder
- 1/4 teaspoons Salt
- 1/2 cups Unsalted Butter, Cut Into Small Pieces
- 4 ounces, weight Semisweet Chocolate
- 2 ounces, weight Unsweetened Chocolate
- 3/4 cups Sugar
- 3 whole Large Eggs
- 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- FOR THE PEANUT BUTTER FILLING:
- 4 Tablespoons Unsalted Butter, melted
- 1/2 cups Confectioners Sugar
- 3/4 cups Peanut Butter
- 1/4 teaspoons Salt
- 1/2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract
- FOR THE FROSTING:
- 3 cups Confectioners Sugar
- 2/3 cups Cocoa Powder
- 1/2 cups Butter, Softened
- 6 Tablespoons Milk
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- Preheat oven to 350 F. Line a 12-count muffin pan with baking cups. Set aside.
- In a small bowl whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- Put butter and chocolates in a large microwave safe bowl and microwave at 30-second intervals until melted, stirring in between. Let cool.
- Whisk sugar into the melted chocolate mixture. Add eggs and vanilla and whisk until smooth. Add flour mixture; stir just until combined. Set aside.
- Stir together all of the ingredients for the peanut butter filling.
- Layer the cupcake batter and filling into your prepared baking cups ... 2 tablespoons of chocolate batter, 1 tablespoon of peanut butter filling, 1 tablespoon of chocolate batter then 1 teaspoon of peanut butter filling. Swirl the top of the cupcake batter and filling with a toothpick.
- Bake for 30 minutes rotating the pan halfway through. Transfer pan to a wire rack to cool completely before removing cupcakes.
- Mix frosting ingredients in a medium-sized bowl and ice cupcakes after they have cooled.
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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/chocolate-peanut-butter-cupcakes-5/ (may not work)