Peanut Butter Chocolate Cupcakes
Decadent and rich, these are the best chocolate peanut butter cupcakes! These use my go to chocolate cupcake recipe and are topped with creamy, smooth peanut butter frosting.
Servings 13
Ingredients
- 1 cup All Purpose Flour
- 1 cup Granulated Sugar
- ¼ cup Cocoa Powder
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- ½ teaspoon Baking Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- ¼ cup Vegetable Oil
- ½ cup Buttermilk At room temperature
- 1 Egg At room temperature
- ½ cup Hot Coffee
- 1 teaspoon Pure Vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Fill cupcake tray with cupcake liners. Set aside
- Into the bowl of an electric mixer with the whisk attachment, combine sifted flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Stir to combine.
- In a separate mixing bowl, combine egg, buttermilk, oil, hot coffee, and vanilla.
- Turn your mixer to low speed and add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients. Mix until just combined - about 30 seconds to 1 minute.
- Distribute batter evenly between cupcake liners. They should be about ⅔rds full.
- Bake for 16-18 minutes or until a knife inserted into the centre comes out clean.
- Remove from cupcake tray after 5 minutes. Cool completely on cooling racks before icing.