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Yum Alert: Fluffy Peanut-Butter-Filled Cupcakes

peanut-butter-filled-cupcakes
Written by emilyc

Don’t let their minimalist exterior fool you – these cupcakes are hiding a sweet fluffy secret. They’re filled with peanut butter cream! Ain’t nobody got time for frosting. Recipe and image via Martha Stewart.

peanut-butter-filled-cupcakes

Ingredients:

3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, plus more for pan
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
3/4 teaspoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon fine salt
2 large eggs
3/4 cup buttermilk
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1 1/2 cups marshmallow creme
Confectioners’ sugar, for dusting

For preparation instructions, click here.

About the author

emilyc

Emily is a New Yorker trapped in a Floridian's body and loves every minute of her big city life. With a major in international business and years of being surrounded by ill-fitting suits and all the wrong shoes, she learned that the importance of fashion needs to be communicated to the world. To her, fashion is on the same level as charity work and feeding hungry children. Emily can be found frolicking the streets of her gayborhood enjoying the off-color humor of the gays.