{"id":4,"date":"2007-08-26T00:05:41","date_gmt":"2007-08-26T04:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/2007\/08\/29\/chocolate-peanut-butter-cupcakes\/"},"modified":"2007-10-16T01:25:25","modified_gmt":"2007-10-16T05:25:25","slug":"chocolate-peanut-butter-cupcakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/2007\/08\/26\/chocolate-peanut-butter-cupcakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we take over the world, one cupcake at a time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Even though I&#8217;d recently acquired <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1569242739?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=inthekitcando-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1569242739\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World<\/em><\/a>, I didn&#8217;t have it handy when I started baking so the body of these is standard &#8220;Wacky Cake&#8221;.  By the time they were in the oven, I was able to ponder my frosting option and chose Peanut Buttercream, but I&#8217;d made a double batch of cupcakes and only a single of frosting so I didn&#8217;t have enough to pipe.  I added the streaks of chocolate syrup and the peanuts for visual interest, since the frosting was a fairly bland color, and I also like when a garnish reflects what&#8217;s inside.<\/p>\n<p>The cupcakes were delicious, and the peanut butter and chocolate definitely worked well together (to nobody&#8217;s surprise).  Next time, I&#8217;ll do a lot more frosting and use it to fill the cakes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/choco-pb-cupcakes.jpg\" title=\"Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/choco-pb-cupcakes.jpg\" title=\"Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/08\/choco-pb-cupcakes.jpg\" title=\"Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes\" alt=\"Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes\" height=\"371\" hspace=\"15\" width=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wacky Cake <\/strong>(traditional recipe)<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1 1\/2 cups flour<\/li>\n<li>1 cup sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon baking soda<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 teaspoon salt<\/li>\n<li>3 tablespoons cocoa<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 cup cooking oil<\/li>\n<li>1 tablespoon vinegar<\/li>\n<li>1 teaspoon vanilla<\/li>\n<li>1 cup cold water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Mix dry ingredients and wet ingredients separately, then together.  Pour into lined muffin tins 2\/3-3\/4 full and bake at 350\u00c2\u00b0 for 20-25 minutes or until done.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Peanut Buttercream <\/strong>(from <em>VCTOTW<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1\/4 c maragarine, softened<\/li>\n<li>2 tbsp shortening (EB sticks are the best for this)<\/li>\n<li>1\/3 c creamy peanut butter<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/2 tsp vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 1\/4 c confectioner&#8217;s sugar, sifted<\/li>\n<li>1 to 2 tbsp rice milk, soy milk\/creamer, or water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>With electric handheld mixer, cream together margarine and shortening at medium speed til smooth. Add peanut butter and vanilla, and beat until very smooth, 2 to 3 minute. Beat in sugar; mixture will be very stiff. Dribble in liquid a little at a time, beating continuously til frosting is pale tan and very fluffy.<\/p>\n<p>Adjust the thickness of the frosting by adding liquid or more confectioner&#8217;s sugar in small increments if necessary. &#8212;<\/p>\n<p>I highly recommend <em>Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World<\/em>. Not only are the recipes great and the authors wonderful people, but it&#8217;s a beautiful book with fabulous pictures, so even those who don&#8217;t actually cook can enjoy it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we take over the world, one cupcake at a time&#8230; Even though I&#8217;d recently acquired Vegan Cupcakes Take Over the World, I didn&#8217;t have it handy when I started baking so the body of these is standard &#8220;Wacky Cake&#8221;. By the time they were in the oven, I was able to ponder my frosting &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/2007\/08\/26\/chocolate-peanut-butter-cupcakes\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,5,4,11,6,29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/frogfood.peace.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}