Peanut Butter Cup Cakes

Well once again I have gotten a little bit behind. I had intended to update this as soon as my cupcakes were done but once again homework gets in the way. I've finally managed to get my homework load back under control so I should be able to get back to normal. I plan on making a new cupcake tomorrow so I'll probably have another post up here soon.

This weeks cupcake was a chocolate cupcake with peanut butter buttercream. It turned our rather well if I do say so myself. I even took a few of them to school to get some opinions other than my boyfriend and the family. Everyone really enjoyed them and I even got offered money to make some for someone. The only thing I'm not too happy about is the chocolate cupcake part. Don't get me wrong, it tastes good. I just want to figure out the perfect chocolate cupcake recipe you know? So from here on out I'll be experimenting with chocolate cupcakes until I get what I consider to be the ultimate chocolate cupcake recipe.

Chocolate Cupcake
Yeilds: 12 cupcakes

INGREDIENTS
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup + 1/8 cup flour
1/4 cup + 1/8 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 tsp + 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp + 1/4 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
1 egg
1/2 cup whole milk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup boiling water

DIRECTIONS

1.) Preheat your oven to 350F and line your muffin tin with liners.
2.) In the bowl of a stand mixer (if you don't have one don't worry it's okay, just use a large mixing bowl) mix together all the dry ingredients.
3.) Add in the egg, milk, oil and vanilla and beat on medium speed for about a minute.
4.) Mix in the boiling water. The batter is going to look really really thin and runny but it's the way its supposed to look so its okay.
5.) Fill your liners 2/3 full. Since the batter is so runny i just put it in a measuring cup and poured it instead of my normal ice cream scoop method.
6.) Bake cupcakes for 20-25 minutes. Allow to cool on a cooling rack.


Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting

INGREDIENTS
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
2 cups powdered sugar
about 1/8 cup milk
1/2 tsp vanilla extract

1.) Beat together the butter,salt, peanut butter and vanilla until nice and smooth.
2.) Slowly add in the powdered sugar.
3.) If the frosting gets too thick add in the milk as needed to make it a spreadable consistency.

Put your cupcakes together and garnish with mini peanut butter cups! Enjoy!!!