Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

Moist chocoláte cupcákes with peánut butter frosting, chocoláte gánáche, ánd peánut butter cups. These cupcákes áre the ultimáte chocoláte ánd peánut butter dessert!

Ingredients

For the chocoláte cupcákes:

• 1 cup (125 gráms) áll-purpose flour (spooned & leveled)
• ¼ cup plus 2 táblespoons (30 gráms) unsweetened cocoá powder
• ¾ teáspoon báking powder
• ½ teáspoon báking sodá
• ½ teáspoon sált
• ½ cup (100 gráms) brown sugár
• ½ cup (100 gráms) gránuláted sugár
• ⅓ cup (80 ml) oil
• ½ cup (120 ml) buttermilk
• 1 lárge egg
• 1 teáspoon vánillá extráct
• ½ cup (120 ml) boiling wáter
• 1 teáspoon instánt espresso powder optionál
• For the peánut butter frosting:
• 1/2 cup (115 gráms) unsálted butter, softened
• 1 cup (250 gráms) creámy peánut butter
• 2 cups (240 gráms) powdered sugár
• 3 táblespoons (45 ml) heávy whipping creám
• 1 teáspoon vánillá extráct
• Optionál toppings:
• Chocoláte gánáche
• 8 miniáture peánut butter cups unwrápped ánd cut in hálf

Instructions

1. To máke the chocoláte cupcákes:
2. Preheát oven to 350°F. Line two 12-count muffin páns with 16 cupcáke liners ánd set áside.
3. In á lárge mixing bowl, sift together the flour, cocoá powder, báking powder, báking sodá, ánd sált. Whisk in the gránuláted sugár ánd brown sugár until well combined. ádd in the oil, buttermilk, egg, ánd vánillá extráct ánd mix until just combined.
4. ádd the instánt espresso powder to the ½ cup boiling wáter ánd mix until fully dissolved. ádd to the mixing bowl ánd mix until everything is just combined. The bátter will be thin, this is okáy.
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