last night i made choc cupcakes with peanut butter icing. these cupcakes are absolutely delicious. fir those of you that follow my mother Sarah Foster you may have already seen this on her FaceBook page. this is a Ina Garten recipe. also known as the Barefoot Contessa. the recipe was from her book Barefoot Contessa at home.
the cupcakes
1 and a half sticks of butter softened
2/3 cup white sugar
2/3 brown sugar packed2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 cup buttermilk shaken
1/2 cup sour cream
1 3/4 cup plain flour
1 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp kosher salt
preheat the oven to 180 degrees. line cupcakes pans with patty pans
in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and the 2 sugars on high for 5 minutes. lower the speed to medium then add the eggs one at a time, then add the vanilla and mix well. in a separate bowl whisk together the buttermilk and sour cream. in another bowl sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. on low speed add the buttermilk mixture and the flour mixture alternately in thirds to the mixer bowl, beginning with the buttermilk mixture and ending with flour mixture. mix only until blended. fold the butter with a rubber spatula to be sure its completely blended. divide the batter among the cupcake pans (one rounded ice cream scoop is the perfect amount). bake in the middle of your oven for 25 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. cool for 10 minutes in the pans then transfer to a wire rack. cool completely before frosting.
for the frosting
1 cup icing sugar
1 cup smooth peanut butter
5 tbs butter softened
3/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 kosher salt
1/3 double cream
place the icing sugar, peanut butter, butter, vanilla and salt in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. mix on medium speed until creamy, scraping the bowl down with a rubber spatula as you work. add the cream and and beat on high speed until the mixture is smooth. frost cupcakes.
MAKES ABOUT 12 CUPCAKES
Hi Olympia, I made a basic chocolate cake yesterday, and was pondering what frosting to put on it, as I wanted something a little different to the chocolate one I normally top it with. And then I remembered the peanut butter frosting recipe that I had written down after finding it here. A quick dash to the local shop to get cream, and ta-da!!! It tasted so, so good!!! Thanks for passing it on :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks alot Amanda. I agree with putting something different on instead of just chocolate frosting on top. another alternative is the cream in the recipe for raspberry tart so its a sweetened cream topped with strawberries and dusted with icing sugar. it's delicious, i hope you enjoy it.
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