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Peanut Butter Cream filled Chocolate Cupcakes

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Today this lil’ blog o’ mine turns 1! I can’t believe how much blogging has changed my life. I know that may sound a little over the top, but honestly it has. I could never have imagined the opportunities for friendships, creativity and inspiration! I have never felt more inspired in my life.  Truly.

A year ago, I really didn’t know anything about bloggyland, let alone the vastness of it! I was very intimidated (and still am) by all the amazing creativity out there, but I put on my blinders and tackled this blog the way I wanted. So A Pretty Life in the Suburbs was born, and has grown and changed so much, and I hope it continues to do so! 

Thank you all for reading my blog and keeping me inspired! And here is where I should thank my mom specifically, because she’s really the reason I started all of this in the first place!  So Mom, thank you so much for the inspiration!

So let’s eat cake.

For this bloggy birthday, I made Chocolate Cupcakes filled and topped with Peanut Butter Cream Frosting. De-lish-ous-ness.

Peanut Butter Cream filled Chocolate Cupcakes

The cupcake is a little like a cross between a regular chocolate cupcake and a brownie. It’s good, BUT if you have a tried and true chocolate cupcake recipe, go with that.  But this frosting is to die for!  It’s absolutely going to be a staple in my cake baking. I could eat it by the spoonful.  I may or may not have already.  Just sayin’.

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Ingredients

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The Cupcakes:

  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder
  • 3/4 cup flour
  • 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 3/4 cup butter (at room temperature)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup sour cream

The Peanut Butter Frosting:

  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
  • 2 cups icing sugar
  • 2 – 4 tbsp cream
  • Cups Reese’s Peanut Butter for garnish

Instructions

The Cupcakes:

  1. Sift together cocoa powder, flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
  2. Cream together butter and sugar.
  3. Into the butter/sugar mix, beat in the eggs, one at a time. Then beat in the vanilla.
  4. Add half of the flour mix to the butter/egg mix, and half of the sour cream. Mix. Then add the remaining flour and sour cream. Mix well.
  5. Fill muffin cups about 3/4 full with the batter.
  6. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for about 20 minutes.
  7. When the cupcakes are done baking, let them cool completely before filling with the peanut butter cream frosting. At least 1 hour.

The Frosting:

  1. Beat butter and peanut butter together until fluffy.
  2. Slowly add the icing sugar, and 2 tbsp of milk. Beat until fluffy and there are no lumps.
  3. If the icing seems too thick, add more milk. You want it just thick enough to be able to pipe.

Putting the cupcakes together:

  1. Using a little knife, core out a little circle of cake from the middle of the cupcake.  Make it as big or little as you would like.  If you love a lot of peanut butter yumminess, like we do, make the hole as above (about inch deep and wide).
  2. Fill in all of the holes with the frosting first.  Then use the remaining frosting to icing the cupcakes.
  3. Add chopped up Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups on top of the icing.
  4. Enjoy!

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Peanut Butter Cream filled Chocolate Cupcakes

Filling the cupcakes with peanut butter frosting!

Peanut Butter Cream filled Chocolate Cupcakes

 

Eat.  Love.  And trust me, you will need a glass of milk.  A big one. 

Happy bloggy birthday to me!

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42 Comments

  1. Congratulations on reaching a year! That is no mean feat, I know because I’ve just passed the six month marker. Blogging is wonderful, but it’s also hard, and wow, it can take over your life. So congrats to you, you have earned that cupcake. Just wish we could share one over the internet, I’m hungry!

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  2. Oh My! Those cuppy-cakes look divine. Now if I wasn’t trying to lose a few pounds, I’d be trying them tonight! PB and chocolate together is my fave!
    Congrats on your blog birthday! I have only recently joined you here – but I am a big fan of everything you post!

    queenbcreativeme.blogspot.com

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  3. Happy Blog Birthday!! Your blog is a.ma.zing and I’m looking forward to seeing what you do this year. Your cupcakes sound divine and your photography blows me away again! and thank you for the extra special words for me 🙂

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  4. Congratulations on your year anniversary! I just started blogging, and I hope this time next year to be celebrating my first! Thank you for being so inspiring and providing lots of great information for all of us.

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  5. Ahh, Happy Bloggy Birthday Jo-Anna!!! I happy I stumbled across your blog months back. And I think it’s pretty cool we’re in the same city. Maybe one day we’ll have to meet up at Crave or something?? Hope you have another fantastic year of blogging!! I look forward to reading every post. =)

    ~ Catie

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  6. Happy Blog Birthday. Wish I could be there to share a cupcake with you, toast your success, and sing the birthday song. I’ll just have to send it and you can hum along …. I’m a hamburger, hamburger, hamburger, and today is your birthday! I’m juicy and delicious, and I just want to say, happy birthday, birthday, birthday, to you!

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  14. Happy anniversary! I love the creations on your blog as well. Yes, Blogging truly can change a life. 🙂 I look forward to many many more wonderful posts from your blog.

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  20. Those cupcakes look amazing!! Chocolate and peanut butter are a fav of mine. I will be trying these out in the very near future! Thanks for sharing, and CONGRATS!

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  23. Congratulations on your anniversary!!! These cupcakes look fantastic. I adore peanut butter cream frosting too!

    (If you are interested, I posted a to-die-for chocolate cake recipe this past month – not my original recipe, so I’m not looking for credit. I’m just giddy to have found a go-to chocolate cake recipe at last! No joke, best chocolate cake I’ve ever made. I’ve since made it as a sheet cake and cupcakes both for two different occasions and it’s been absolutely perfect.)

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  29. Happy Blog Birthday!! Delicious looking cupcakes! The PB frosting is the best- I use in the For Mikey cupcakes that I make for the Bake & Give Project. Hope you are blogging for many more years to come:)

    Jessie B. @ Possible Baker

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  35. Belated happy blog birthday! I made these cupcakes and let me tell you they were a huge hit with family and friends! My 12 year old is a choc-pb addict, so these were perfect to make for her birthday! I highly recommend using this cupcake recipe because they were so fudgy and firm, so they held up well to this amazing peanut butter frosting! I ended up adding several extra tablespoons of heavy cream in order to pipe it, as it is pretty thick! I had some extra frosting, so I’ll be making some brownies and frosting them with it!

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