Peanut Butter and Chocolate Cupcakes

Hello everybody! It's been too long since I last posted so I thought I would share a recipe with you today for peanut butter and chocolate cupcakes which I baked recently. I hope you like them!!

For the cupcakes:
Ingredients:

• 100g plain flour
• 20g cocoa powder
• 140g caster sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• a pinch of salt
• 40g unsalted butter
• 120ml milk
• 1 egg

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 170C (325F)

2. Put the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, salt and butter in a bowl and mix                   together.

3.Whisk the milk and egg together in a jug.

4. Pour half of the egg and milk mixture into the flour mixture then mix together until smooth.

5. Put the mixture into cupcake cases and bake for 25 minutes.

6. Leave them to cool before icing.

For the icing:

Ingredients:

• 100g butter
• 200g peanut butter
• 200g icing sugar
• 3 tablespoons milk

Method:

1. Mix the butter and peanut butter together.

2. Gradually add in the icing sugar.

3. As the mixture thickens gradually add milk.

4. Beat until thick and spreadable.

5. Ice the cakes however you want ((you could use piping bags or just spread it on with a knife))