Double chocolate brownie cupcake with peanut butter frosting

Not so much a cupcake as a super-rich brownie masquerading as a cupcake topped with peanut butter frosting. My guinea pigs taste testers comments ranged from “My GAWD this is so rich I can barely eat the whole thing,” to “Why the hell didn’t you bring some milk with you?” to “It’s like eating a reverse peanut butter cup.” And it is rich.  Full of chocolate, butter and eggs.  Definitely not for the faint of heart or the heart-attack prone, but well worth breaking your diet for.

Double chocolate brownie cupcake with peanut butter frosting

Chocolate Brownie Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Icing

Cupcakes
3/4 stick unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces
1 1/4 cup semi-sweet morsels, divided
3 oz unsweetened chocolate, chopped
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1/3 cup white sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup flour
1/3 cup chopped, toasted walnuts (optional)
1/4 tsp salt

Preheat oven to 350.  Put 8 or 9 cupcake liners in your cupcake tins.  Throw the butter, 1/2 cup chocolate chips and chopped unsweetened chocolate in a double boiler and stir until smooth and melty.  Remove the boiler to the countertop.  Whisk both sugars into the chocolate, then whisk in the eggs one at a time.  Follow with the vanilla, then the flour, walnuts, salt and remaining chocolate chips.

Divide the batter amongst the tins (about 1/2 cup each) and bake for about 20 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.  Transfer cupcakes to a rack to cool.  Once cooled, ice generously.

Frosting
1 cup powdered sugar
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter (not the natural kind)
1/2 stick unsalted butter, softened
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
4 Tbs whipping cream (more as needed)

Put the first four ingredients in a mixing bowl and beat until smooth.  Add whipping cream by teaspoons until the mixture reaches a nice spreadable consistency for frosting.

Notes: After trying this, I think I’d make this in mini-muffin tins because they’re too much for some people to eat at once.  Also, stirring 3/4 cup peanut butter chips into the batter instead of chocolate chips would be bucketloads of awesome.

China: Southampton Gardens by Lenox

Posted by Mike on Monday, June 07, 2010 at 10:02 AM
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