Chocolate cupcakes, made with sour cream and pudding, topped with a peanut butter buttercream frosting, and garnished with chopped honey roasted peanuts and chocolate sprinkles.
Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Buttercream Frosting
Because I am a bit of a night owl, I tend to do most of my blog work late into the night, and often into the early morning hours, whether it's writing, editing, recipe development, and sometimes, yes, even cooking!That was the case this past Wednesday night when I decided to make cupcakes for my grandbabies. At 11:00 at night. Trouble is, I wanted to make them from scratch, and, considering I don't even have a single cupcake recipe on the site... I had to actually write a recipe!
Talk about putting yourself under pressure.
Now... if you've been around here any length of time, you already know that I'm more of a savory gal than a lover of sweets, and though I have a few recipes up here, I lay no claim to being much of a baker.
My apologies to those of you who are much better bakers than me.
Armed with not much more than the desire and the knowledge of a basic scratch cake recipe I've had forever, I poked around in the pantry and fridge to see what else I had that needed to be used up. I found several packages of chocolate pudding in the pantry I needed to use, so decided that the pudding could enhance the cocoa and add a little moisture at the same time.
I also had some sour cream leftover in the fridge, which makes an excellent addition to cakes.
Sounds like a plan to me!
Truth is, I know exactly what got me in the mood for baking at 11:00 p.m. that night.
I had received earlier that very day, this new cookbook {imagine that, me and another cookbook} called The Back in the Day Bakery Cookbook (#ad) and had been flipping through and drooling over it. This adorable couple and owners of Back in the Day Bakery, Cheryl and Griffith Day, had been on QVC recently, with a table filled with their goodies. The cookbook promptly sold out thousands of copies in minutes, and Cheryl was so overwhelmed that she actually cried when they told her the news.
You know somebody has put their heart and soul into something when they get emotional about it. That authenticity, and the success of the bakery, located in Savannah, Georgia, tells me these folks know what they are doing.
Well, y'all know how I am about cookbooks, and being a baking amateur, I thought it would help to provide a bit of future baking inspiration to me. And, some sorely needed knowledge. So, I ordered it immediately from Amazon, where with my Prime membership, it was cheaper than QVC anyway, plus you can get a sneak peek preview right there on the Amazon site too.
Finally picked up a basic cupcake kit (#ad) too, so I can make those blog-worthy swirls on top of my cupcakes like everybody else, though there are way fancier kits available too, if you're so inclined.
While this recipe didn't come from the book, I did pick up a few tips from Back in the Day's Old Fashioned Cupcake recipe, like using the stand mixer to cut the butter into the dry ingredients, something akin to preparing a pastry. I guess you could certainly say these were inspired by the book.
I'm happy to say that the cupcakes got the thumbs up from my daughter-in-law and the grands, and to me that is what counts. I think that they are absolutely delicious cupcakes and they certainly satisfied the sweet tooth I've been having for that favorite chocolate and peanut butter combination. Here's how to make them.
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