This peanut butter frosting recipe is an excellent filling and frosting for chocolate cupcakes or cake. Fluffy, peanutty, and sweet this frosting turns a chocolate cupcake into a gourmet treat. You will be craving for more.

Natural peanut butter frosting
Peanut Butter Icing
In January 1980 we moved to Italy and we made some wonderful new friends. We did everything together. Birthdays, holidays, and weekend visits to name a few.
During one of our get-togethers my girlfriend, Loreen, served a chocolate cake with peanut butter icing. It was heavenly so I asked for the recipe on the spot. I have substituted butter for shortening and added vanilla flavoring.
How to Make Peanut Butter Icing
The icing recipe makes enough frosting to frost a 9″ x 13″ cake. Remember how I said I really enjoyed this recipe? I double it for cupcakes, sheet cakes, and layer cakes.




Peanut butter icing ingredients
Ingredients
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup butter (room temperature)
- 2 tablespoons milk or heavy cream
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla flavor or vanilla extract
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Tools and Equipment
- Stand mixer or electric mixer
- Bowls
- Pastry bag
- Filling tip
- Icing tip
- Teaspoons
- Measuring cups
- Spatula
Tip: The frosting turns out light and fluffy after whipping it with an electric mixer. My stand mixer does the best job.




Add Vanilla flavoring glycerin
Cream together vanilla, milk, sugar, butter, and peanut butter.




Fluffy peanut butter icing
Whip until light and fluffy.
Starting with your filling tip place it in your pastry bag and fill with frosting. The easiest way to fill your pastry bag is to fit it over the edges of a jar.
Note: You will need 1/4 cups of frosting for each cupcake (more if you like a lot of frosting).




Fill a pastry bag with frosting
Twist the top of the pastry bag to close.




Pastry bag with filling tip
The best chocolate cake ever is so easy and fast to make it is the only chocolate recipe you need. I use DARK chocolate chips for decadent rich cake or cupcakes. It is even better with peanut butter buttercream frosting and filling.




Triple Chocolate Cupcakes
As soon as the cupcakes are cool you can start filling and icing them.




After the cupcakes are cool you are ready to fill them
Place your filling tip into the center of the cupcake. Insert the tip until




Place filling tip into the center of the cupcake




Starting close to the bottom of the cupcake squeeze with even pressure




Using the 1A tip frost the cupcakes
Garnish Peanut Butter Frosting
Garnishing with Resee Peanut Butter Cups adds some visual interest and another tantalizing treat.




Garnish with a Reese Peanut Butter Cup




Peanut Butter Frosting
Ingredients
- 2 cups Confectioners sugar
- ½ cup butter (room temperature)
- 2 tablespoon milk
- ½ cup smooth peanut butter
- ½ teaspoon vanilla flavoring
Instructions
- Using a stand mixer bowl cream together sugar, and butter
- Beat in peanut butter
- Add in milk and vanilla flavoring
- Beat until fluffy
Nutrition
I could not resist cutting one in half to see the filling.




Peanut butter icing filling
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Bon appétit,
Kippi
Mary
Saturday 29th of October 2022
When I look at comments for a recipe it is for the purpose to find out how the recipe worked. Not for comments regarding how 'great the recipe looks'. Why leave a comment if you haven't yet tried the recipe? I don't want your opinion on how it 'sounds' like it might be good. I want to know IF it's good and if there are any tweaks I may need to make.
Cindy
Wednesday 29th of June 2022
Can't wait to make this! Hubby will have big smiles
Kimberly Snyder
Tuesday 28th of June 2022
This is a simply delicious recipe! thanks for sharing!
Kippi
Tuesday 28th of June 2022
@Kimberly Snyder, Thank you so much and I hope you enjoy this recipe too.
Sara
Monday 27th of June 2022
These look amazing and great choice of garnish! The more peanut butter, the better!
Kippi
Tuesday 28th of June 2022
@Sara, I agree with you. I hope you enjoy this recipe too.
Jayne via Chalking Up Success
Monday 27th of June 2022
Yum, your peanut butter frosting sounds delicious!