Thursday, December 15, 2011

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Layered Cupcakes

Wow what a beautiful layered cupcake! How would you like to sink your teeth into these? Well you have to like peanut butter that's for sure. If my Daddy was still alive he would surely love this recipe by Pillsbury.

Chocolate-Peanut Butter Layered Cupcakes 
Originally uploaded by Pillsbury.com
INGREDIENTS
1 1/2 cups Pillsbury BEST® All Purpose Flour
1/3 cup Hershey’s® baking cocoa
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup Crisco® Pure Vegetable Oil
1 cup water
1 tablespoon white vinegar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 EGGLAND’S BEST egg
1 package (8 oz) cream cheese, softened
3/4 cup Jif® Creamy Peanut Butter
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup powdered sugar
1/4 cup Reese's® peanut butter chips
1/4 cup Hershey’s® semi-sweet chocolate baking chips

DIRECTIONS
1. Heat oven to 350°F. Place paper baking cup in each of 18 regular-size muffin cups.
2. In large bowl, mix flour, cocoa, brown sugar, baking soda and salt. Add oil, water, vinegar and vanilla to flour mixture, stirring just until smooth (do not overmix).
3. In another large bowl, beat egg, cream cheese, peanut butter and granulated sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Add powdered sugar; beat until creamy.
4. Spoon 1 level tablespoon chocolate batter into each cup; evenly spread 1 level tablespoon peanut butter filling on top. Repeat layers. Sprinkle with peanut butter chips and chocolate chips.
5. Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean (do not overbake). Cool in pan 15 minutes. Remove from pan to cooling rack; cool 15 minutes. Serve warm or cool.

2 comments:

Pattie @ Olla-Podrida said...

Oh, my gosh, these look AMAZING. I love the peanut butter and chocolate combination, but haven't seen it done in this unique cupcake form. Yum!

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