This week's recipe for Sweet Melissa Sundays was chosen by Holly of Phe/mom/enon- devil's food cake with peanut butter frosting. What an appropriate Halloween recipe! Any other week and I would be jumping up and down to try this recipe because I love me some peanut butter, but I threw a baby shower for my sister-in-law on Friday evening, went to a surprise birthday party Saturday night, and to a 1st birthday party this afternoon. I am CAKED-OUT!
I whipped up the batter this morning. Very easy except I am not a coffee drinker. Don't laugh at me, but I wouldn't even know how to make a pot of it. So I subbed in hot water for coffee and added a tablespoon of espresso powder. I also decided to make cupcakes instead of a layer cake because I knew we wouldn't be eating any of them. Cupcakes are much easier to give away! And a word about the icing... the recipe calls for a LOT of butter. One of our fellow bakes suggested cutting back on the butter and increasing the peanut butter. I ended up using six tablespoons of butter (its what I had left of a stick), a half cup of peanut butter, and about two cups powdered sugar. It was a little stiff so I ended up thinning it a little with some milk. The resulting icing was perfect, IF you like peanut butter.
I have to be honest, I'm not really sure how the cupcakes turned out. The batter was delicious, but I haven't had a chance to taste the finished product. I am not a big cake person to start with and after the three parties, I couldn't really stomach another bite of cake. But my cupcake carrier is loaded up and ready to go so my husband can take them in to work tomorrow. I'll take them into my work if he forgets! I'll keep you updated and let you know what they think.
Thanks Holly for picking such a yummy sounding recipe! Maybe I'll hold one of the cupcakes back so I can try them tomorrow. Be sure to see what Holly and all of the other Sweet Melissa Bakers thought of this recipe.
8 comments:
I used a different frosting recipe too. Just couldn't handle all that butter.
Katie xox
Your cupcakes look great! I made the frosting recipe as written and it was outrageously good.
Well, you enjoyed the flavor of the peanut butter frosting, with the changes (which I did too) and your cupcakes are adorable! I think you did a wonderful job, especially with being caked out from all the events =)
Cupcakes were the perfect solution to a weekend full of cake (or for anyone who needs to get desserts out of their house). Yours look fantastic! We did use the same cupcake liners!
mmmm they look great!
I love the frosting on your cupcakes!! Beautiful piping. I missed out on this recipe because I was too busy this past weekend but I love chocolate and peanut butter together so I will make these soon!
Your cupcakes look beautiful! I so need to learn to pipe frosting!
There weren't many people that made the cake...most made cupcakes like you. Yours look yummy!
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