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This recipe for peanut butter frosting is one you'll keep forever. Creamy and fluffy this buttercream is full of peanut butter for a finger-licking good frosting. Perfect on chocolate cake, cookies, or brownies!
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I don't know about you but I am a lover of peanut butter or a not so lover. I think I tend to OD on it when I am into peanut butter. I have it on everything from an English muffin, to a smoothie, oatmeal (my friend Cheryl's Peanut Butter Oatmeal looks amazing), to a sandwich, to a sauce for my chicken and as a delicious peanut butter frosting for my chocolate cake. (Pictured are Guinness Cupcakes)
This recipe took a little trial and error. I wanted it to be heavy on the peanut butter flavor, but still soft and creamy. Thanks to my best friend, heavy cream, we did just that.
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Let's get to the recipe.
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- 🧁Ingredients
- 📖Instructions
- 🍽Storage
- 🎂More frosting recipes
🧁Ingredients
- Butter. For any buttercream, it is crucial that your butter is completely softened to room temperature.
- Peanut Butter. I like to use the creamy kind, not homemade or natural, something like Skippy.
- Icing Sugar. Please, please, I beg of you to make sure to sift your confectioner's sugar aka powdered sugar to prevent a lumpy frosting.
- Cream. You could substitute full-fat milk or single cream but I think the best tasting use heavy whipping cream aka double cream.
- Vanilla. Don't bother with the imitation use pure vanilla extract.
- Salt. Just a pinch.
📖Instructions
You can most certainly make this frosting in a bowl with a whisk but it will take some serious elbow grease, so I prefer to use an electric stand mixer or a handheld electric mixer.
Beat the butter and peanut butter together for 5 full minutes until light and fluffy.
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It's impotant not to skimp on the time when making an American style buttercream frosting. You want the butter to get light.
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Sieve the powdered sugar to prevent any lumps and add half to butter. Beat for 2 minutes. Beat on low at first as you do not want a white storm in your kitchen.
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Add the remaining powdered sugar, cream, vanilla, and salt and mix for 3 more minutes, make sure to scrape down the sides of the bowl a time or two to make sure everything is incorporated evenly.
Spread or pipe frosting. Store in the fridge for up to 7 days, let come to room temperature and mix before using.
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There you have it my perfect peanut butter buttercream, I love it on a layer cake, cupcakes, and even brownies!
For a peanut butter lovers dessert try this on top of my easy peanut butter cake with my no churn peanut butter ice cream recipe.
🍽Storage
Depending on the temperature where you live this buttercream can be left at room temperature, unless it is quite warm and humid then I would store it in the fridge.
The frosting can be made ahead of time and stored in the fridge for up to a week. Re-whip the frosting before use.
🎂More frosting recipes
If you love frostings try my Chocolate Swiss Meringue Buttercream, Coffee Frosting, or Baileys Swiss Meringue Buttercream.
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This recipe for peanut butter frosting is one you'll keep forever. Creamy and fluffy this buttercream is full of peanut butter for a finger-licking good frosting. Perfect on chocolate cake, cookies, or brownies!
- Total Time: 10 Minutes
- Yield: Enough to Generously Frost 12 Cupcakes or 1 8 or 9 Inch Cake
Ingredients
Units Scale
- 4oz (½ Cup) Butter, softened to room temperature
- 8.2oz (1 Cup) Creamy Peanut Butter
- 250 grams (2 Cups) Confectioners/ Powdered Sugar
- 4oz (½ Cup) Heavy Whipping Cream
- 2 Teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract
- Pinch of Salt
Instructions
- In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, or large bowl with a handheld mixer beat the butter and peanut butter together for 5 full minutes until light and fluffy.
- Sieve the powdered sugar to prevent any lumps and add half to butter. Beat for 2 minutes then add the remaining powdered sugar, cream, vanilla, and salt and mix for 3 more minutes.
- Spread or pipe frosting. Store in the fridge for up to 7 days, let come to room temperature, and mix before using.
- Author: Elizabeth Waterson I Confessions of a Baking Queen
- Prep Time: 10
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Mix
- Cuisine: American