Peanut Butter Filled Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Buttercream Frosting

Peanut Butter Filled Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Buttercream Frosting

Moist, decadent chocolate cupcake filled with a sweet and salty peanut butter filling topped with a creamy, sweet peanut butter buttercream frosting and garnished with the king of peanut butter and chocolate, Reese's.

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: buttercream icing, cake, chocolate, chocolate cupcake, cupcake, cupcakes, dessert, frosting, icing, peanut butter, peanut butter icing

Prep Time: 30

Cook Time: 22

Servings: servings

Calories: 268kcal

Equipment

KitchenAid Mixer
Piping Bags
Muffin Pan
Cupcake liners

Ingredients

For the cupcakes

1 stick butter softened
1 cup sugar
3 eggs
½ cup milk
¾ cup brewed coffee
2 ½ cup flour
2 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon baking soda
½ cup cocoa
½ teaspoon salt

Peanut Butter Filling

½ stick butter softened
½ cup peanut butter
¼ cup milk
¼ cup confectioners sugar

Peanut Butter Buttercream Icing

1 cup peanut butter
2 sticks butter softened
½ cup milk
2 cups confectioners sugar

Instructions

For the cupcakes

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a muffin tin with cupcake liners. Brew the coffee.
In a mixing bowl, cream together softened butter and sugar. Add in the eggs one at a time and beat until well combined. Add in the milk and brewed coffee and mix well.
In a separate bowl, mix flour, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients.
Spoon the cupcake batter into the cupcake liners. Fill until they are about ¾ of the way full. Bake the cupcakes for 22-24 minutes and check doneness with a toothpick. Set aside to cool completely.
Once they are cool, spoon out the centers of each cupcake about an inch and a half down.

For the peanut butter filling

Whisk together peanut butter, softened butter, milk and confectioners sugar. Add to a piping bag and fill the centers of each cupcake.

For the frosting

Using the KitchenAid Mixer with the icing whisk attachment, mix together the softened butter and the peanut butter. Add in the milk and continue mixing.
Add in the confectioners sugar 1 cup at a time. while mixing on low. Once the confectioners sugar is mixed in, turn the speed up and whisk until the icing starts for form stiffer peaks and becomes more firm.
Add the icing to a piping bag and pipe onto the cupcakes. Top with Reese's and chopped peanuts and serve immediately or save in the fridge for later.

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