Peanut butter Cupcakes - Devil´s chocolate Cupcakes and peanutbutterfrosting.

Peanutbutter Cupcakes:

150g unsaltet butter, roomtemperature - 340g crunchy peanutbutter - 400g brown sugar - 4 eggs - 1 teaspoon vanilla - 500g flour - 1 tablespoon baking powder - 1 teaspoon salt - 2 dl milk

Mix butter, peanutbutter and brown sugar to a fluffy texture- about 3-5 minutes. Add the eggs one at a time. Beat well, while adding the vanilla. Mix in a seperate bowl flour, baking powder and salt and add this to the mixed peanutbutter with the milk.
The batch becomes rather sticky and "hard/dry. They raise very nicely in the oven.
Oven: 175 g. for 15-20 minutes - check with a baking needle after 15 minutes.

Frosting: 250g creamy peanut butter - 300g unsaltet butter - 1 tablespoon vanilla - 200 g confectioners sugar.
Blend all ingredients and mix aprox. 2 minutes.

The peanutbutter frosting is also very tasty on

Devil´s Chocolate Cupcakes:

Makes about 18 pcs: 50g softened butter - 115g brown sugar - 2 large eggs - 115g flour - ½ teaspoon baking soda (dk: natron) - 25g cocoa powder - 1 1/4 dl sour creme (dk: creme fraiche)

Preheat oven at 180 oC. Mix butter, brown sugar, eggs, flour, baking soda and cocoa in a large bowl and beat with a mixer untill smooth. Gently fold in sour creme with a metal spatula and pour in cupcake-cases with a spoon. Bake for aprox. 20 minutes.

TIP: For a more intense chocolate-flavour, add chopped dark chocolate