Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting
Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting are a wonderful treat! Sturdy but moist cupcakes with creamy peanut butter frosting.
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups white sugar
- ⅓ cup baking cocoa
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 2 cups cold water
- ⅔ cups oil vegetable or olive
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 teaspoons vinegar
- ¾ cup solid vegetable shortening
- ½ cup peanut butter
- 3½ cups powdered sugar
- ½ cup milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325°.
- Place flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl and stir together gently.
- Add water, oil, vanilla, and vinegar and mix well with electric mixer or wire whisk.
- Spoon into muffin tins lined with cupcake liners.
- Bake cupcakes at 325° for approximately 20 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean. Cool completely on wire rack.
- To make frosting: Place peanut butter, and vegetable shortening into a bowl and mix till smooth.
- Add powdered sugar and beat well. Pipe onto cooled cupcakes using a decorator's bag, or a plastic bag with the corner snipped off.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 543kcalCarbohydrates: 77gProtein: 5gFat: 25gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 503mgPotassium: 124mgFiber: 2gSugar: 55gVitamin A: 13IUCalcium: 21mgIron: 2mg
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