A silky smooth but perfectly pipeable peanut butter frosting that’s the perfect complement to any cake or cupcake. Also great for just eating by the spoonful!
Maybe you guys haven’t noticed, but I’ve been working on bulking up my “Frostings” section on the blog.
In the past, I would share cake or cupcake recipes and tag on my preferred complementary frosting, but I’m a big believer in choices. Maybe you’d rather frost your funfetti cake with chocolate frosting (or even peanut butter frosting) instead of buttercream, right? Well I wanted to have a good variety of options for you to choose from.
This recipe is super easy to make, and on Monday I’ll be sharing a very complementary and very dark chocolate cupcake recipe with you, but of course you can put it on whatever you want. You can even just eat it by the spoonful, I know I did.
And yet it remains a mystery to me why my cardio sessions aren’t paying off
Anyway, Peanut Butter Frosting requires just 6 ingredients to make. It’s smooth, creamy, and is great for piping on top of cupcakes or decorating a cake.
Peanut Butter Frosting
A silky smooth but perfectly pipeable peanut butter frosting that’s the perfect complement to any cake or cupcake. Also great for just eating by the spoonful!
Prep: 10min
Total: 10min
Yield: 12
Serving Size: 1 /12th batch
Nutrition Facts: servingSize 1 /12th batch, calories 381 kcal, Carbohydrate 34 g, Protein 6 g, Fat 26 g, Saturated Fat 12 g, Trans Fat 1 g, Cholesterol 41 mg, Sodium 199 mg, Fiber 1 g, Sugar 32 g
Ingredients:
- 1 cup unsalted butter ( softened to room temperature (226g))
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter ((245g))
- 3 cups powdered sugar ((375g))
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 Tablespoons milk
Instruction:
- Combine butter and peanut butter in a large bowl and use an electric mixer to beat until creamy and well-combined.
- Gradually (about ⅓ cup at a time), with mixer on low speed add powdered sugar until completely combined. Be sure to scrape the sides and bottom of the bowl so all ingredients are well-combined.
- Stir in vanilla extract and salt.
- With mixer on low-speed, add milk and stir until well-combined. Gradually increase speed to high and beat for 30 seconds.
- Spread or pipe frosting onto completely cooled cupcakes or cake.
Peanut Butter Frosting Recipe for Chocolate Cake
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