Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes
With a good taste of chocolate and peanut butter, these cupcakes will make you melt with pleasure… Young and old will love them, that’s for sure!
Ingredients :
- For the cakes:
- 100g of flour
- 75g dark baking chocolate
- 175g caster sugar
- 3 whole eggs
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 175g soft butter
- 2 tbsp. milk
- For the frosting:
- 5 tbsp. peanut butter
- 45 ml liquid fresh cream
- 175g icing sugar
- 120g brown sugar
- 40g soft butter
Preparation :
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Prepare the cakes:
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Preheat the oven to 180°C or to th. 6.
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Place paper liners in muffin tins.
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In a bowl, beat the whole eggs with the powdered sugar until the mixture whitens.
Technical moves
Blanch eggs
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Melt the dark chocolate cut into pieces with the butter in a bowl in the microwave.
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Add it to the previous preparation, then stir well.
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Then add the flour, baking powder and milk. Mix with a spoon until you get a smooth and homogeneous paste.
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Pour the batter into the paper cases until 2/3 full.
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Place in the preheated oven and cook for 20 mins.
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Once out of the oven, let the cakes cool on a wire rack, then unmold them.
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Meanwhile, prepare the icing:
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Place the peanut butter, soft butter, powdered sugar and liquid cream in a saucepan.
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Place the saucepan over low heat and allow the mixture to heat, stirring well, until the sugar is completely dissolved.
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Remove the pan from the heat, then add the icing sugar and stir until the mixture is smooth.
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Let the icing cool to room temperature, then refrigerate until ready to use.
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When the cakes have cooled, take the icing out of the fridge and place it in a piping bag.
Technical moves
How to use a piping bag?
Fill a piping bag
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Place it nicely on the cakes, then keep the cupcakes cool until tasting.
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Take these chocolate peanut butter cupcakes out of the fridge 10 minutes before serving.
Tips
Decorate these cupcakes with dark chocolate chips.
