Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcakes

Submitted by CoffeeB

"Since cupcakes are such a big thing right now, these are a sure to be a hit. They even have a hidden surprise!! The recipe calls for using jumbo muffin cups, but I use the normal cupcake size."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 18
• Yields: 1 dozen jumbo

ingredients

• Filling

• 3 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1⁄4 cup peanut butter, creamy
• 2 tablespoons sugar
• 1 tablespoon milk

• Batter

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 3⁄4 cups flour
• 1⁄2 cup cocoa
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup water
• 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

• Frosting

• 1⁄3 cup butter, softened
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 6 tablespoons cocoa
• 3 -4 teaspoons milk

directions

1. In a small mixing bowl, beat cream cheese, peanut butter, sugar and milk until smooth.
2. Set aside.
3. In a bowl, combine sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt and baking soda.
4. In another bowl, whisk the eggs, water, oil and vanilla.
5. Stir into dry ingredients just until moistened. (batter will be thin.).
6. Fill paper-lined jumbo muffin cups half full with batter.
7. Drop scant tablespoons of peanut butter mixture into center of each.
8. Cover with remaining batter.
9. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
10. Cool 10 minutes.
11. Remove from pans to wire racks.
12. Cool completely.
13. Combine frosting ingredients.
14. Frost cupcakes.
15. Store in refrigerator.

Reviews

[MatahnasMom]

HELP! This was my first ever attempt at baking cupcakes from scratch, so I'm not going to actually rate this recipe yet. Here's my trouble.. I wanted to bake the cupcakes without the filling and make just regular sized cupcakes. I followed the recipe exactly with the omission of the filling. I got 16 cupcakes that taste really good, but fell completely in the middle. Anyone have any ideas on why they all fell?

 

[Boomette]

These cupcakes are yummy. I did half the recipe and instead of 1 cup sugar I used 3/4 cup. It was enough. I loved the filling. For the frosting, I added peanut butter. It was great. Thanks CoffeeB :) Made for Holiday tag

 

[Sara 76]

10 stars! These are divine! Nothing goes together like peanut butter & chocolate! I ended up with 20 regular sized cupcakes. I used melted butter instead of vegetable oil in the cake, and for the frosting I added a little extra butter and cocoa, and I also added a little melted dark chocolate. Thank for sharing! [Made for PRMR]

 

[I'mPat]

The DS took this to his music recreation day were they were very much enjoyed. I think my jumbo muffin tin may be just a tad small for these rose and spread and I had to slice them away from the top of the tin, I baked them for 165C fan forced oven for 25 minutes but could have done with 2 or 3 minutes less as they were slightly burnt on the edges. Thank you CoffeeB, made for Everyday a Holiday.

 

[happynana]

I made to take to my grandson's today but of course we had to test them :wink I also made in my regular cupcake pan. I made 2 dozen and I used a teaspoon for the peanut butter filling into each. Very nice cupcake. Thank you Coffeeb for another great recipe.