Live Well Bake Often· by Danielle Rye★ 5.0 (21)

Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

Name: Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 63 min
Yield: 16, 16 cupcakes
Cuisine: american
Ingredients: 1 cup (125 grams) all-purpose flour; ¼ cup plus 2 tablespoons (30 grams) unsweetened cocoa powder; ¾ teaspoon baking powder; ½ teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon salt; ½ cup (100 grams) brown sugar; ½ cup (100 grams) granulated sugar; ⅓ cup (80 ml) oil; ½ cup (120 ml) buttermilk; 1 large egg; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; ½ cup (120 ml) boiling water; 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder ((optional)); 1/2 cup (115 grams) unsalted butter (, softened); 1 cup (250 grams) creamy peanut butter; 2 cups (240 grams) powdered sugar; 3 tablespoons (45 ml) heavy whipping cream; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; Chocolate ganache; 8 miniature peanut butter cups (, unwrapped and cut in half)

Nutrition Facts

Per serving · recipe makes 16 · 1h 3m total

Servings

Calories

18% of a 2,000 cal day

364KCAL

Protein

6g13% DV

% DAILY VALUE

Total Fat21g

27%

Saturated7g

34%

Unsaturated15g

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Total Carbs40g

15%

Fiber3g

Total Sugars32g

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incl. Added Sugars29g

59%

Starch6g

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Sodium175mg

% Daily Value is based on a 2,000 calorie day.

Rich chocolate cupcakes with creamy peanut butter frosting, topped with chocolate ganache and peanut butter cups. The ultimate indulgence for chocolate and peanut butter lovers.

Ingredients

16 SERVINGS

For the chocolate cupcakes:

125 gall-purpose flour — 1 cup
30 gunsweetened cocoa powder — ⅜ cup
¾ tspbaking powder
½ tspbaking soda
½ tspsalt
100 gbrown sugar — ½ cup
100 ggranulated sugar — ½ cup
80 mloil — ⅓ cup
½ cupbuttermilk — 120 ml
1large egg
1 tspvanilla extract
½ cupboiling water — 120 ml
1 tspinstant espresso powder — optional

For the peanut butter frosting:

115 gunsalted butter — softened, ½ cup
250 gcreamy peanut butter — 1 cup
240 gpowdered sugar — 2 cup
3 tbspheavy whipping cream — 45 ml
1 tspvanilla extract

Optional toppings:

Chocolate ganache
8miniature peanut butter cups — unwrapped, cut in half

Quantities update with the servings stepper.

Method

1h 3m total

Read the method on Live Well Bake OftenDanielle Rye’s original page

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Nutrition is estimated by Chive from the ingredients above, per serving.

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