Chocolate Cupcakes

 April 11, 2012

Chocolate Cupcakes and Peanut Butter Icing

Cake  is very popular food all over the world. There are various types of cakes. Chocolate Cup cake is one of them. Most of them like chocolate cup cake recipes. Specially children are fond of chocolate cup cake very much. It is found every country in the world. Its process of preparation is easy. The process is given below;

Ingredients 

* 11 tbsps (1½ sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature

* 1 cup granulated sugar
* 250ml (1 cup) creamy peanut butter
* 150gm (1 cup) icing sugar
* ¼ tsp salt
* ⅓ cup double cream
* ⅔ cup light brown sugar, packed
* 250ml (1 cup) good cocoa powder
* 450ml (1¾ cups) all-purpose flour
* 2 tsps pure vanilla essence
* 250ml (1 cup) buttermilk, shaken, at room temperature
* 125ml (½ cup) sour cream, at room temperature
* 1 tsp pure vanilla essence
* 4 tbsps unsalted butter, at room temperature
* 2 tbsps brewed coffee
* 1 tsps bicarbonate of soda
* ½ tsp salt

How to prepare

* Chocolate Cupcakes and Peanut Butter Icing

* Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line cupcake pans with paper liners.

* In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and 2 sugars on high speed until light and fluffy, approximately 5 minutes. Lower the speed to medium, add the eggs 1 at a time, then add the vanilla and mix well. In a separate bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, sour cream, and coffee. In another bowl, sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.

* On low speed, add the buttermilk mixture and the flour mixture alternately in thirds to the mixer bowl, beginning with the buttermilk mixture and ending with the flour mixture. 

* Mix only until blended. Fold the batter with a rubber spatula to be sure it's completely blended.

Divide the batter among the cupcake pans (1 rounded standard ice cream scoop per cup is the right amount).

*  Bake in the middle of the oven for 20 to 25 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes, remove from the pans, and allow to cool completely before frosting.

* Frost each cupcake with Peanut Butter Icing and sprinkle with chopped peanuts, if desired.

* Kathleen's Peanut Butter Icing:

* Place the confectioners' sugar, peanut butter, butter, vanilla, and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment.

*  Mix on medium-low speed until creamy, scraping down the bowl with a rubber spatula as you work. 

* Add the cream and beat on high speed until the mixture is light and smooth. 

Now Chocolate Cupcakes and Peanut Butter Icing is ready for serve.