Chocolate peanut butter cupcakes

This dessert combines favourites peanut butter and chocolate into a cupcake form that no one will be able to resist.

Makes: 24

Ingredients:

• 1 ¾ cups of flour
• 1 teaspoon of bi-carb soda
• ¾ teaspoon of salt
• ⅔ cup of cocoa powder
• ⅔ cup of milk
• 170g of butter
• 2 cups of sugar
• 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract
• 3 eggs

Icing

• 340g of butter
• 1 ½ cups of no sugar, unsalted peanut butter
• ½ teaspoon of salt
• 3 cups of sifted icing sugar 
• Mini peanut butter cups to top (optional)

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 175°C. Line two 12 cupcake pans.
2. In a bowl, whisk flour, bi-carb soda, and salt together.
3. In another bowl, mix together cocoa and boiling water. Add milk and whisk together.
4. In a standing mixer, paddle butter on medium-high speed.
5. Add sugar and vanilla and beat. Once smooth, scrape down sides.
6. Add eggs one at a time whilst mixing.
7. Add one third of the flour and bi-carb soda mixture and mix.
8. Add half the cocoa mix and combine.
9. Continue for remaining mixtures until batter forms.
10. Pour batter into lined muffin pan.
11. Bake on the middle oven rack for 15 minutes. Rotate pans and cook for 10 more minutes or until cooked through.
12. To make the icing,in your mixer, mix butter, peanut butter and salt.
13. On low, mix the powdered sugar in.
14. Switch to high and mix until creamy.
15. Using a piping bag, top cupcakes with frosting.
16. Add chocolate sauce and mini peanut butter cups if desired.

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