Skip to main content

Dark Chocolate Cupcakes, Peanut Butter Filling, Cream Cheese Icing... Enough said ;)

I made these for my dad's and my friend's Birthday a few weeks ago (If you would like to see the post where I talk about that click here) and everyone loved them! They are probably my favorite cupcakes that I have ever made :)



Dark Chocolate Cupcakes

Ingredients:

 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter

2 ounces semi-sweet baking chocolate
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
3/4 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 large eggs
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup light brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup buttermilk*

*If you don't have buttermilk, add 2 Tbsp of Lemon Juice to 1/2 a cup of milk and let sit for  five minutes

 Directions:
  • Preheat the oven to 350F degrees. Line a 12-cup cupcake/muffin pan with cupcake liners. Set aside.
  • Melt the Butter and Chocolate together in the microwave. Microwave in 30 second increments, stirring between each time. Stir until smooth and set aside to cool.
  • In a medium sized bowl, toss the Cocoa Powder, Flour, Baking Soda, Baking Powder, and Salt together until thoroughly combined and set aside.
  • In a large bowl, whisk the Eggs, Sugar, Brown Sugar, and Vanilla together until smooth. 
  • Add the cooled Butter/Chocolate to the Eggs/Butter/Sugar and whisk until smooth. Add half of the Flour mixture and Buttermilk a little at a time and mix. Repeat until everything is added. Stir until just combined, DO NOT overmix! 
  • Divide the batter between the cupcake liners. Bake for 18 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. 

Peanut Butter Filling

 Ingredients:

 4 Tablespoons of Butter
1 cup of Peanut Butter
1 1/2 cup Powdered Sugar
2 teaspoons of Vanilla

 Directions:
  • Combine the Peanut Butter, Vanilla, and Butter using a hand mixer.
  • Begin adding Powdered Sugar a little at a time until it reaches a thick consistency, kind of like Peanut Butter Fudge. you may use more or less Powdered Sugar than called for in the recipe.
  • Once the Cupcakes are cool use a knife to cut out the center of the cupcake. Once you have the middle out, cut off the edge and set aside.
  • Take a Tablespoon (more or less) of the filling into the center of the cupcake. Grab the edge piece you sat aside and place on top of the filling, covering it up.

Cream Cheese Icing

Ingredients:

 1/2 cup of butter (1 stick), room temperature

16oz of cream cheese (2 packages), room temperature
4 - 6 cups of powdered sugar
2 teaspoons of vanilla extract


Directions...
  • Cream together the Cream Cheese, Butter, and Vanilla using a hand mixer. Mix until there are no lumps left and is completely combined.
  • Begin adding the Powdered Sugar little by little until it reaches the right consistency. Once again, more or less powdered sugar may be used depending on your preference, taste as you go. ;)
  • Frost the cupcakes!
  • I sprinkled mine with chocolate sprinkles after they were frosted, I thought it looked pretty :)

I think they turned out pretty well! If I do say so myself ;)
Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

VoxBox: Tressemé Beauty-Full Volume

I know I don't usually post at 9 o'clock on Monday nights, but I wanted to go ahead and get this out to you all while I had time, because... I got another VoxBox! This one was the Tresemmé Reverse Your Routine box with a full sized shampoo and conditioner. This is a Volumizing system, and is reffered to as "Reverse Your Routine" because you conditioner before you shampoo... Weird right?  I have to say I was a little confused and skeptical at first. The concept is that when you put conditioner in your hair and rinse then residue is left on weighing down your hair.  My thoughts were that the residue left were the moisturizing properties and that you wouldn't want to rid yourself of all of them... It just seemed a little pointless. I have been using this combination periodically for a few weeks now, and surprisingly I actually really like it!  When I get out of the shower my hair does feel much lighter than usual.  Though it is hard to tell if I have...
Post a Comment
Read more

My Everyday/Travel Makeup Bag

So as I was putting together the list for makeup bag that I will have with me in the car when I go on my trip to the beach this summer, I decided that you might want to know exactly what's in there and why I bring them :) The first thing I going to show you is this awesome pallet I found in a discount makeup store: It is a "Sweet by Day, Sexy by Night" pallet. On one side it has a dark brown and a champagne shade eye shadow, a light and a dark shade of bronzer, a light and dark brown shade of lipgloss, and two small applicators. On the other it has a light shade of pink and an almost purple eye shadow, a light and dark shade of blush, a light and dark shade of pink lipgloss, and two small applicators. You can buy it at www.amazon.com/day-to-night for $5. I thought this was the most simple way to pack all that i would need! Next I'm going to show you the face products I am bringing: They are: The Rimmel London Stay Matte Powder The ELF Aloe Infus...
Post a Comment
Read more

Winter As a College Student

Let me just tell you, there isn't a thing in the world fun about a dorm room in the winter!  On the happen chance that yours is as old as mine (pre-1960s, thank you very much) you probably have radiators too, which personally, I have very little control over.  Even on the off setting they exude so much heat that the room is stifling!  And then you open the window and snow starts blowing in... Yay Appalachian Mountains! Let's just all agree that is quite a process.  So what is one to do to combat these cold (and getting colder!) temperatures? First, I've got two B's for you (mostly because I couldn't come up with a third...)  Blankets and Bedwarmers! Let's face it, dorm rooms are tiny and your bed is the focus of the majority of decor, as well as where you will be spending a large portion of your time (yay Netflix binges!) so you need to make sure it is super cozy! Personally, I have my sheets and comforter that I sleep under every night.  ...
Post a Comment
Read more