Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Food Allergies and Cupcakes - (Recipe - SunButter Buttercream)

Peanut allergies are one of the most common causes of severe allergy attacks. I recently made some chocolate cupcakes with a peanut butter buttercream icing. Unfortunately, there are some people who can't eat these due to the peanut butter in the icing. I was asked to try and make the same cupcakes but using a creamy sunbutter spread.




I used a similar recipe to the peanut butter buttercream but made a few minor adjustments. I think the icing turned out pretty tasty but I will have to let you know what they think tomorrow!

SunButter Buttercream:

1 stick unsalted butter
3/4 cup Creamy SunButter
1 1/4 cups powdered sugar
1/2 tsp vanilla
1 pinch of kosher salt
1 Tbsp whipping cream or until you reach the desired consistency
1 tsp molasses

I had the butter out until it reached room temperature. I added the other ingredients and mixed until well blended. It still has a pretty nice fluffy texture compared to the peanut butter. If you think it is still too thick to pipe the icing add a little bit more of the whipping cream until you get a consistency that is easier to work with. It was enough icing for 12-14 standard-sized cupcakes.


Now all you need is a glass of milk to drink with it! :)

1 comments:

Sarah said...

My son has a peanut allergy the thing he misses most is peanut butter cups. With the help of your Sunbutter Buttercream I can't wait to make chocolate cup cakes with Sunbutter on top. I'm sure he will go crazy! Thanks for sharing!

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