Recipe: Tasty Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Peanut Butter Frosring

Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Peanut Butter Frosring.

You can have Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Peanut Butter Frosring using 20 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Peanut Butter Frosring

1. It's of Cake Batter.
2. You need 2 1/2 cup of flour.
3. It's 1 2/3 cup of sugar.
4. Prepare 3/4 cup of butter, softened.
5. It's 2/3 cup of baking cocoa.
6. It's 1 1/4 cup of water.
7. Prepare 1 1/4 tsp of baking soda.
8. You need 1 tsp of salt.
9. You need 1 tsp of vanilla.
10. It's 1/4 tsp of baking powder.
11. You need 2 large of eggs.
12. It's of Frosting.
13. Prepare 3 cup of powder sugar.
14. It's 1/2 cup of butter.
15. You need 2 tsp of vanilla.
16. Prepare 1/2 cup of peanut butter.
17. Prepare 1/2 cup of cocoa.
18. It's 4 tbsp of milk.
19. Prepare of Topping optional.
20. Prepare 1/2 cup of fine chopped peanuts.

Chocolate Cupcakes with Chocolate Peanut Butter Frosring instructions

1. Note - the cake recipe is traditional Betty Crocker with my own directions and twist on the frosting and presentation..
2. Preheat oven to 350.
3. In a large mixer bowl add all of the cake batter ingredients. Mix in low speed for 30 minutes and then on high speed for another 3..
4. Line muffin tins with cupcake liners and, scoop batter into the liners. DO NOT fill completely or your cupcakes will stick - fill about 3/4..
5. Tip - use a ice cream scoop you batter into the tins..
6. Bake in oven about 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean..
7. Let cupcakes rest in tins about 5 minutes before removing..
8. Cool completely before frosting..
9. Mix frosting ingredients in a mixer bowl on low until combined and then whip on high for about 2 minutes for fluffier icing..
10. Frost your cupcakes and sprinkle with peanuts if desired..