Peanut Butter Cupcakes

These Peanut Butter Cupcakes are soft, tender, and loaded with peanut butter flavor.  Creamy peanut butter frosting makes them irresistible. A perfect treat for peanut butter lovers!

PB Cupcakes

Today I’m sharing a recipe that will thrill peanut butter lovers everywhere. Peanut butter cupcakes with peanut butter frosting. Made from scratch with simple ingredients you already have in your pantry, these cupcakes are easy and scrumptious!

One challenge with baking with peanut butter is that it tends to make baked goods dry. I made several tweaks to this recipe to avoid that. I used oil instead of butter, brown sugar instead of regular sugar, and used cake flour.

You can make your own cake flour by measuring out a cup of flour, removing a tablespoon, and replacing it with a tablespoon of cornstarch. That’s what I did.

When the cupcakes are done, they will have crinkly tops. They don’t raise up much, they stay flat (unless you overfill the liners). Perfect for adding frosting!

Peanut Butter Frosting

The creamy peanut butter frosting makes these cupcakes purely decadent. Honestly, I could have just eaten the frosting by the spoonful. It is so good! You just need 5 ingredients to make this amazing frosting:

• creamy peanut butter
• butter
• powdered sugar
• vanilla
• milk (or heavy whipping cream)

We always have these ingredients on hand, which may turn out to be dangerous!! I piped my frosting on using a large star tip, but you can just spread it on if you prefer.

If you love peanut butter, you should definitely add these cupcakes to your list!

For more Peanut Butter treats, check out:

• Peanut Butter Butterfinger Cookies
• Peanut Butter Ice Cream Topping
• Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies
• PB Cookie Bars with Chocolate Frosting
• Peanut Butter Cup Cookies
• Frozen Peanut Butter Pretzel Pie

For more cupcake recipes, check out:

• Banana Cupcakes 
• Cookies and Cream Cupcakes
• Vanilla Cupcakes with Berry Buttercream Frosting
• Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cupcakes
• Strawberry Lemonade Cupcakes

Peanut Butter Cupcake Recipe

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These Peanut Butter Cupcakes are soft, tender, and loaded with peanut butter flavor.  Creamy peanut butter frosting makes them irresistible. A perfect treat for peanut butter lovers!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings 20

Calories 303 kcal

Author Lil' Luna

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups cake flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1/4 tsp salt
• 6 Tbsp oil I used canola
• 6 Tbsp creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 whole eggs
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 tsp vanilla

Peanut Butter Frosting

• 2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
• 6 Tbsp butter, softened
• 3 cups powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 4-5 Tbsp cream or milk

Instructions

1. In a small bowl, whisk together the cake flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.

2. In a large mixing bowl, whisk the oil, peanut butter, and brown sugar till smooth. Add the eggs, buttermilk,  and vanilla and whisk till well blended.

3. Stir in the dry ingredients just till combined. Don't over-mix. 

4. Spoon batter into paper lined muffin pans, filling just over half full. Bake at 350° for about 15 minutes or till a toothpick comes out clean.

5. Cool cupcakes completely, then frost.

Peanut Butter Frosting

1. Combine peanut butter, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and 4 tablespoons of the cream in a mixing bowl. Beat till smooth and creamy, adding cream as needed.

Nutrition Facts

Peanut Butter Cupcake Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 303 Calories from Fat 135

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 15g 23%

Saturated Fat 4g 20%

Cholesterol 11mg 4%

Sodium 170mg 7%

Potassium 181mg 5%

Total Carbohydrates 39g 13%

Dietary Fiber 1g 4%

Sugars 30g

Protein 5g 10%

Vitamin A 2.6%

Calcium 5.6%

Iron 2.6%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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