Day 18 - Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes

As it happened a day ago, had to ensure some sweets for cravings.

This time I decided for a combination I have never tried before. It's not like we're Americans and are constantly consuming peanut butter. I can't even decide if I like peanut butter (I mean, really like) or is it just... ok (?) on its own. But in a recipe? Any recipe?

It was almost my duty to give it a try, especially since the author wrote so highly of it.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CUPCAKES
serves: 16 units

Dry ingredients:

• 280 g flour
• 12 g baking powder
• pinch of salt
• 5 spoons of sugar
• 3 spoons of sifted powdered cocoa

Wet ingredients:

• 300 ml milk (dairy free)
• 1 ripe banana, mashed
• drop of vanilla extract
• 3 full spoons of peanut butter

Preheat the oven to 180°C & cover your cupcakes tins with cupcake baking papers.

In a bowl, combine the dry ingredients, mixing well.
In a separate bowl, combine the wet ingredients, mixing well with a whisk (I used a blender to blend the banana, soy milk & vanilla, then added the mixture by spoons to the peanut butter, mixing well until I got I nice smooth mixture and used all of the milk).
Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients, whisking away. If your mixture becomes too thick, just add more milk.
With a spoon, place the mixture in the cupcake tins. I usually use 2 spoons of mixture per tin.
Bake for cca. 20 minutes, then remove from oven and let the cupcakes cool before removing them from the tins.

If you're going to frost your cupcakes, make sure they cool off completely. I preffer mine non-frosted, so I just leave them as they are.