Peanut Butter Frosting Recipe – Dessert for Two

If you happen to want a frosting that tastes like the within of a peanut butter cup however with extra fluff, this Peanut Butter Frosting is simply the factor. Pile it on cupcakes, unfold it on a sheet cake, or smush it between two cookies for a cookie sandwich. There’s nothing this creamy peanut butter buttercream cannot do!

Once I take into consideration the final chew of meals I wish to eat on earth, it is perhaps these chocolate cupcakes with an enormous pile of peanut butter frosting on high. Cupcakes are the proper car for this frosting, however I’ve been recognized to unfold it between two chocolate chip cookies with out eggs to make a fast cookie sandwich for the freezer.

I’ll cowl precisely find out how to make it, find out how to use it, and find out how to retailer it for future desserts. However first, let’s go over all of the methods we may incorporate a bowl of this into our kitchen.

Methods to Use Peanut Butter Frosting:

• Within the images, I am utilizing my Eggless Chocolate Cupcakes as the bottom, as a result of peanut butter and chocolate go collectively so nicely!
• Make my mini chocolate cake for 2, after which use this peanut butter frosting as an alternative of the ganache the recipe requires. I’ve a small vanilla cake, when you suppose vanilla and peanut butter go collectively!
• I’d like to see my maple bacon cupcakes get a twist with this buttercream on high! What’s to not love–candied bacon, maple cupcake with a contact of bacon grease and peanut butter?
• Make just a few cookie sandwiches utilizing my chocolate chippers cookies because the sandwich. My brown sugar chocolate chip cookies can be nice, too, as a result of the additional molasses within the brown sugar would make such a very good taste mixture.
• Unfold this on my banana sheet cake, and benefit from the unbelievable mix of peanut butter and bananas!
• If you wish to tuck a layer of this in the midst of my cookie dough cake layers, everybody would like it!
• If you wish to unfold this on my small batch brownies for 2, it will be so good!

Substances

This recipe incorporates all the same old suspects, besides we’re utilizing heavy cream to make it additional fluffy when whipped. And likewise, this recipe might need much less butter than you count on for a frosting recipe, however keep in mind the peanut butter is taking the place of most of it.

• Unsalted Butter. Sure, we actually solely want just a few tablespoons of butter for this recipe. The peanut butter is taking good care of the remainder of the creaminess and fats we want in a frosting.
• Peanut Butter. I actually do not advocate a ‘pure model’ peanut butter right here. And undoubtedly don’t use one which requires stirring or one which has the oil separated out, or else it is going to separate out within the frosting. Use a sweetened, traditional jar of peanut butter right here.
• Powdered Sugar. Additionally referred to as confectioners’ sugar.
• Heavy Cream. A small splash of heavy cream offers sufficient fats in order that the frosting whips into one thing even fluffier and lighter, however it nonetheless holds its form when piped.
• Vanilla. The vanilla gently bumps up the sweetness right here.
• Salt. The smallest pinch of salt, contemplating the peanut butter in all probability has some.

Directions

This recipe is so easy, and it solely requires one bowl, a hand mixer and some minutes to whip up. I particularly love that this recipe solely requires just a few tablespoons of butter, as a result of it softens so rapidly and then you definately’re prepared to start!

This recipe makes 2 heaping cups of frosting, you may minimize it again by one-third when you solely want sufficient to frost 4 cupcakes. As written, it is going to frost 12 cupcakes, or an 8 or 9-inch two layer cake.

Baking Gear

I exploit my hand-held electrical mixer for this recipe. It makes fast work of it, and it is completely essential to beat the cream correctly.

Take a look at all of my frosting recipes right here.

The right way to Retailer Peanut Butter Frosting / Make Forward Suggestions:

You may make this frosting forward of time and retailer it within the fridge till wanted. Needless to say it would want one other fast whip with the hand mixer, simply in case it separates.

You’ll be able to enhance a cake with this frosting, after which refrigerate it till wanted. I’d let the cake relaxation on the counter for about quarter-hour earlier than serving, simply to take the coolness off, nonetheless.

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