Peanut Butter Cupcakes with Nutella Frosting Recipe
inspired by: Cupcakes, Frosting
- 1/3 cup soft butter
- 1/2 cup natural peanut butter
- 1 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1/3 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp cinnamon
- 3/4 cup 2% milk
- 1 cup (2 sticks) butter at room temperature
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 2/3 cup Nutella
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp 2% milk
- Set oven to 350 degrees and line muffin tin with muffin cups
- In a large bowl cream the butter, peanut butter, and sugar until smooth
- In smaller bowl combine flour, salt, baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon
- Add dry ingredients alternating with milk to the peanut butter mixture and mix well
- Fill muffin cups 2/3 of way up with mixture (depending on peanut butter used mixture may be thick more like a bread)
- Bake for 18-22 minutes at 350, insert toothpick at 18 minutes- once it comes out clean they're finished
- While baking begin frosting, mix butter and powdered sugar in a medium bowl until well blended
- Add Nutella and beat at medium speed for about 2 minutes
- Add vanilla and salt and beat on low until well blended
- Add milk and beat for about 1 minute and stick in refrigerator
- Cool cupcakes for 2 minutes and remove from pan to wire rack and let sit 10 minutes then frost and serve
Enjoy! And let me know what you think.
what about the egg? Where does that come in?
ReplyDeletewait? and how much flour? there's no menchion of that...
DeleteInteresting and useful information that you have provided here on your post.Thank
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I put 1.5 cups flour and 1 tsp. Salt. I also just mixed the egg in the wet ingredients and beat it for about a minute. It makes a very moist cake, and I think if you don't fill the cupcake tin with too much batter the cupcakes would work well too.
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