Valentine's

I am providing you with my recipe for the cupcakes I made for Anthony for Valentine's. Anthony doesn't really enjoy strawberries, so I opted for chocolate dipped bananas instead (heart-shaped slices). The cake is a simple chocolate cake, and the frosting is peanut butter.I got both recipes from allrecipes.com. Enjoy.

BANANAS:
The first thing you have to do is take one banana and cut it into about 1 inch thick slice. Then, make them heart-shaped and stick them in the freezer for about an hour.

then, simply melt chocolate chips and butter (unsalted) together in the microwave. Try two minutes first, it's better to undermelt then over melt. Keep in mind that it should be dipping consistency. The more butter you use, the more liquidly it will be. After you have dipped the bananas in the chocolate put that in the freezer for 3 hours.


CAKE:

ingredients

2 cups boiling water
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
2 teaspoons baking soda
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter, softened
2 1/4 cups white sugar
4 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 12 cupcake tin. In medium bowl, pour boiling water over cocoa, and whisk until smooth. Let mixture cool.


In another bowl Sift together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt; set aside.

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at time, then stir in vanilla.


Add the flour mixture alternately with the cocoa mixture.



Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes. Allow to cool.


FROSTING:

ingredients:
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup creamy peanut butter
3 tablespoons milk, or as needed
2 cups confectioners' sugar

Place the butter and peanut butter into a medium bowl, and beat with an electric mixer. Gradually mix in the sugar, and when it starts to get thick, incorporate milk one tablespoon at a time until all of the sugar is mixed in and the frosting is thick and spreadable. Beat for at least 3 minutes for it to get good and fluffy.


TADA!