Peanut Butter Frosted Chocolate Cupcakes
Peanut Butter Frosted Chocolate Cupcakes. Peanut buttery frosting swirled on top of chocolatey cupcakes and sprinkled with crushed peanut M&M's.
Ingredients
- CAKE:
- 1/2 Cup + 3 Tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 cup boiling water
- 3 large eggs
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 2 and 1/4 cups cake flour
- 1 and 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 Tbsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup butter softened
- FROSTING:
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup confectioners sugar
- GARNISH:
- 2 "Sharing Size" bags of peanut M&M's can be found at grocery check out line
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
- Line cupcake pans with 24 liners
- CAKE:
- Add one cup boiling water to cocoa powder, stir to remove clumps and to combine. Let cool to room temperature.
- In bowl of mixer add in all dry ingredients, mix to combine.
- Add butter and mix until well combined.
- Slowly add in the room temperature cocoa mixture. Mix to combine.
- In separate bowl mix eggs and vanilla. Pour into flour mixture. Mix well to combine and until batter is formed.
- Pour evenly into prepared cupcake pans.
- Bake until toothpick inserted comes out clean (18-20 min).
- Cool completely.
- FROSTING:
- Mix all ingredients in bowl of mixer with paddle attachment until completely combined.
- ASSEMBLY:
- With offset spatula swirl peanut butter frosting onto each cupcake.
- GARNISH:
- Set aside 24 whole M&M's
- Gently crush the remaining M&M's
- In the center of each cupcake add one whole peanut M&M
- Sprinkle each cupcake with crushed peanut M&M's
Notes
Peanut butter frosting is a little softer, keep in cool dry place.
"Sharing Size" bags of peanut M&M's can be found in the check out aisle at most grocery stores.
I used Jiff creamy peanut butter.
"Sharing Size" bags of peanut M&M's can be found in the check out aisle at most grocery stores.
I used Jiff creamy peanut butter.
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