Peanut Butter Cup's Cakes

I Really wish I could say I invented these, I would probably be a millionaire by now. But sadly I did not.

I did however come up with this recipe on my own (I didn't not follow a book, I simply just guessed). And to my surprise these turned out quite nice.

Ingredients:

100g caster sugar

100g soft butter

100g self raising flour 

2 eggs

2 tbs Smooth Peanut Butter

Topping:

100g soft butter

about 400g icing sugar

A few drops of vanilla essence

Mini Reeces Peanut Butter Cups

Small bowl of melted chocolate  

Method:

1. Pre-heat oven to 160 fan/ gas mark 4. Prepare paper cases in a bun tray.
2. Put the butter, peanut butter and sugar in a mixing bowl and cream it together. sift in the flour.
3. Add the eggs to the bowl and mix it all together.
4. Divide the mixture between the bun cases. Top with a peanut butter cup. Put the tray in the oven and leave for around 20 minutes or until golden.
5. Let the cakes cool on a cooling rack.
6. Add the butter to a bowl and beat it a little to make it softer, gradually sift the the icing sugar mixing it as you go along, 400g is a estimate as I tend not to measure it. Stir in the vanilla essence.
7. If you want to mix things up a bit you could add half the icing to a separate bowl and add a couple of spoons of peanut butter to the icing.
8. Pipe the butter icing on top of the cupcakes, add a peanut butter cup on top and drizzle with melted chocolate.

Clare
xx

Long over due..

It's been far too long since I have last posted anything. Mainly due to my lack of baking. Since finishing university and moving back home it has been rather hectic. Trying to juggle a full time job, long distance relationship and a plan to get healthy does not exactly leave much spare time.

 Never mind my bloody mother! Apparently I make too much mess when I bake.. I don't know where she got this from..

 so now I have to tactically bake when she is going to be out for a few hours. 

I'm not a huge fan of New Years Resolutions and this is in no way a one but I do pledge to bake more and blog more this year. And I believe this will be a great year to start for a number of reasons: 

1. 14 is my lucky number. It's never proven to be lucky but it is my favourite.

2. I am moving out in a few months with my boyfriend. So I will be free from the shackles of my mothers kitchen rules.

3. Anil (my boyfriend) apparently loves my baking therefore will encourage me to bake more. I will however limit the number of cupcakes he devours. I know he looks after his body and he should be very proud of it, but he can never resist my cakes and they are in no way kind to the hips. I do not want to become a feeder. 

4. I have a number of plans involving 'Molly's Matters' which I will hopefully make happen this year and will document on here too. 

5. I got some ridiculously cute baking sets for Christmas which I am still yet to use. 

Peanut Butter Cups Cakes will be following very shortly to start this non New Years resolution/ pledge off and hopefully a lot more to follow. 

Clare x