Peanut Butter Puppy Cupcakes

It’s my favourite puppies birthday today so I made him some special Puppy Cupcakes & he couldn’t get enough of them!

1 cup Plain Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1/4 cup Peanut Butter
1/4 cup Vegetable Oil
1/3 cup Honey
1 egg

1. Sieve Flour & Baking Soda together & mix.

2. Add Peanut Butter, Oil & Honey & mix.

3. Beat in Egg.

4. Fill cupcake cases 3/4 full.

5. Bake for 40minutes at 350F.

6. Leave to cool then ‘frost’ with Peanut Butter & sprinkle crushed up crispy bacon.

7. Feed to a very happy dog (He wouldn’t stand still whilst eating)

Today I….Baked a Chocolate Cake

Based on a Red Velvet Cupcake Recipe (but hubby doesn't like it red, says it tastes funny!)

2 Cups of Sugar
2 Sticks of Butter
4 Eggs
4 tbsp Cocoa Powder
2 3/4 Cups of Self Raising Flour
1 tsp Salt
1 Cup Milk
3 tbsp Vanilla
(1 tsp Red Food Colour)

Set oven to 325F/160C/Gas Mark 3

Makes 24 cupcakes or 1 medium cake.

1. Let butter soften at room temperature for about an hour.

2. Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.

3. Add eggs, one at a time, beating until light and fluffy again.

4. Sift Cocoa powder, flour & salt into mixture and blend together.

5. Add milk, vanilla and food colour and mix.

6. Fill cupcake cases or cake tin 3/4 full and bake for 25mins.