Dessert

Chocolate Ganache Peanut Butter Cupcakes

Chocolate Ganache Peanut Butter Cupcakes
I've been baking cakes for years and enjoy trying new combinations of flavors and textures. For this recipe, I blended peanut butter and chocolate. As soon as I took the first bite, I knew I had created something divine! —Ronda Schabes, Vicksburg, Michigan
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Cuisine: American
Recipe type: Dessert
Ingredients
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup baking cocoa
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1 cup strong brewed coffee, room temperature
  • ½ cup canola oil
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
FILLING:
  • ½ cup creamy peanut butter
  • 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened
Instructions
  1. cup confectioners' sugar
  2. to 4 tablespoons 2% milk
GANACHE:
  1. cups (12 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
  2. /2 cup heavy whipping cream
PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING:
  1. cup packed brown sugar
  2. large egg whites
  3. /4 teaspoon salt
  4. /4 teaspoon cream of tartar
  5. teaspoon vanilla extract
  6. cups unsalted butter, softened
  7. /3 cup creamy peanut butter
  8. Chocolate curls, optional

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Posted by Taste of Home on Friday, May 31, 2019