Reese’s in Cake Form
Reese’s in cake form – that’s how my sister-in-law described the Chocolate Peanut Butter Cupcakes I made using Annie’s Eats awesome recipe, when she came over this afternoon along with some other friends.
The silly thing is, I actually made the cupcakes for my niece’s birthday tomorrow, forgetting that my nephew (her little brother) is allergic to peanuts! Ack! So I don’t know if it’s even safe for me to bring the cupcakes to the party. The good news is I have only half the number of cupcakes left after our many visitors came by today.
The cupcakes were delish and I’m very glad I tried the recipe, but it was hard work! Had to line the cupcake trays (you like my pretty orange & yellow wrappers from Spotlight? =), make the peanut butter filling, roll the filling into little balls, then make the cake batter which had many parts (i.e. tons of washing up), and fill the wrappers with a layer of batter, then the peanut butter balls, then another layer of batter. *whew*
Since you can get the recipe off Annie’s website, I’m just posting a couple of pictures here for your viewing pleasure.
Here are some shots of the prep work:
Filling the cupcake wrappers:
And what the cupcakes looked like out of the oven:
This next one isn’t the nicest picture, but I thought I’d show you the pains I went through to keep the creepy crawlies away from my precious cupcakes while they were left out to cool =) I had them raised on a bowl that was sittting in a tray of water, to drown any ants that wanted to try anything funny (a little trick I learnt from my mom). And I surrounded the tray with eggshells to keep away the lizards! Haha.
Voila, the finished product. Valrhona and peanut butter – how to go wrong? =)
Oh that reminds me – I actually made a big boo-boo with the frosting, using whipping cream instead of frozen whipped because I had a little case of whipping cream in my refrigerator. So the frosting was way runny and impossible to pipe. It still tasted good though, so I smeared it on in small quantities…
Ooh I feel like eating another… but so much washing up to do first…
hahah..yeah the egg shells to keep the lizard away is funny.
wow looks so yummy!
Michael
It was very yummy indeed! As my sis said, it’s Reese’s in a cupcake! =)
laugh..you do me proud me dear….
i’m amazed at all your japanese cooking, well done you.
Thanks everyone! Wey, Michael and mrmultitasker =)
Constance – whatever works right? =) I just need to keep away all the eggshells before guests come over…
It is super good!
Oh those look so tasty!! Are there lots of lizards that manage to crawl into households?!
Hi patty! Yes in singapore they’re everywhere. It’s hoooooorriiiiible….