double chocolate peanut butter cupcakes

June 18, 2007 at 10:52 pm | Posted in Birthdays, Chocolate, Cupcakes, Peanut Butter | 16 Comments

i asked the birthday boy what cake he’d like, and he said “plain old chocolate” will be good, no “fancy fruity ones.” it’s quite easy to please most of my friends. to give him an extra boost, i decided to factor in peanut butter because he’s a big fan of that too.

from donna hay’s simple essentials: chocolate

125g butter, softened
3/4 cup caster sugar
2 eggs
1 1/4 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 tbsp cocoa powder
1/2 cup milk
100g dark chocolate, melted

preheat the oven to 160 degrees celsius. place the butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until light and creamy. gradually add eggs and beat well. sift over flour, baking powder and cocoa and beat until combined. fold through the milk and chocolate and spoon the mixture into muffin tins lined with paper patty cases. bake for 20-25 minutes or until cooked when tested with a skewer. cool on wire racks. spread or pipe with desired icing.

the chocolate icing was a mixture of dark chocolate and butter, and the peanut butter frosting was a mixture of peanut butter, milk and icing sugar. these were made based on estimates and to taste, so i can’t give you the proportions.

the final cupcake was very intense and chocolatey; one is more than enough.