Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes by Zarnak Sidhwa

Ingredients :

1. Butter : 110 gm
2. Peanut Butter : 2 tbsp
3. Sugar : 110 gm
4. Eggs : 2
5. Flour : 85 gm
6. Cocoa powder : 4 tbsp
7. Baking Powder : 1 tsp
8. Chocolate chips : 1/2 cup

Peanut Butter Frosting :

1. Peanut butter : 1 cup
2. Butter : 1/2 cup
3. Icing sugar : 4 cups
4. Cream : 1/2 cup
5. Vanilla essence : 1/2 tsp

Method :

• Cream butter, peanut butter and sugar together until light and fluffy and pale in color.
• Add egg one at a time mixing well between each addition.
• Sift flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder together in a bowl.
• Add the dry mixture into the creamed butter mixture and fold.
• lastly add in the chocolate chips and fold.
• Divide batter into a muffin tray lined with paper cases and bake for about 18 to 22 min at 180C until a skewer inserted into the center come out clean.

For Frosting :

• Cream butter and peanut butter together.
• Add icing sugar a vanilla and beat it well until light and fluffy.
• Add cream to loosen the mixture and to achieve a piping consistency.