Peanut Butter Cupcakes + xtra love.

hello, my top heavy friend.

Making these cupcakes were a breeze - firstly, they are done in literally minutes. Secondly, they came out tasting like the way nature intended - a slow but pleasant and vicious attack on your tastebuds.

Everyone loved them, some even wanted seconds. It is one of those cupcakes that is made when you have no time and need to impress. The perfect "crush-turn-into-a-boyfriend" indulgence.

Plus, these cupcakes don't rise much so they turn out to look like mini cakes. I took mine out of the liners while serving them and that made them look oh-so-cute!

The surprising thing in this recipe is i added prune juice in - the tardiness of it brought out the saltiness of the peanut butter and it left that great fruity after taste. Trust me, this works like crazy.

sprinkles make me happy.

Peanut buttery goodness after the jump.

Inspiration: Peanut Butter Cupcakes by Loveandbutter

Makes a whopping 30 cupcakes!

Ingredients

• 1-½ cup Cake Flour
• 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
• ½ teaspoons Salt
• ½ cups (1 Stick) Softened Butter
• 1-½ cup Packed Brown Sugar
• ½ cups Peanut Butter
• 2 whole Eggs Beaten
• 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
• ⅔ cups Milk
• 1 tbsp of Prune Extract or Juice (believe me!)

Now, down to the dirty

Preheat your oven to 170˚C.

Combine sifted flour, baking powder, and salt - mix well and set aside

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar till light and fluffy - about 3 mins

Add peanut butter and mix well

Add beaten eggs and vanilla, beat until creamy and well combined

In alternating batches, add in dry ingredients and milk. Beat until light and fluffy.

Spoon batter into pan lined with paper cups.


Bake for 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center of a cake.

Now decorate it how you like! - i used some chocolate icing. It worked like a charm.

Enjoy!

the neighbourhood that i grew up in makes the 

perfect backdrop for this awesome cupcake

Posted in: cupcake, easy, low sugar, peanut butter