Peanut Butter Buttercream Recipe

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This Peanut Butter Buttercream is one of my all-time FAVORITE frostings. If you need a great peanut butter frosting that is easy to make, pipes perfectly, and tastes amazing, this is the one. 

Peanut Butter Frosting closeup on a cupcake.

It makes the most wonderful peanut butter filling and frosting for chocolate cakes and cupcakes.  You will love the light and fluffy consistency and fantastic flavor.

Peanut Butter and Chocolate

I absolutely love peanut butter buttercream swirled high onto cupcakes, sandwiched in between layers of rich chocolate cake, or injected into the centers of chocolate cupcakes to make them even more irresistible.

Some of our favorite chocolate cakes to pair with this frosting are our Chocolate Cake from Scratch, Chocolate Sour Cream Cake, and homemade chocolate cupcakes. If you love cake mix recipes, give our Chocolate Cake from Cake Mix a try.

You can frost entire cakes with this recipe also, as we did in our Peanut Butter Cake Recipe!

How to fill Cupcakes with Frosting

When we make cupcakes, we often fill the centers with a filling--sometimes it's the same as the swirled frosting on top, and other times we go with a different flavor.

To inject our peanut butter frosting into chocolate cupcakes as a filling, simply load a disposable piping bag with peanut butter frosting, snip away the tip, and insert right into the center of the unfrosted cupcake (about halfway down).

Give the piping bag a squeeze for 2-3 seconds, and you're done! If you don't have a practice cupcake to practice on, you can do a quick practice run on a plate just to get an idea of how much buttercream comes out of the bag in 2-3 seconds, and adjust to your liking! ;0) 

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Which Peanut Butter is Best for Frosting? 

*One important thing to remember when choosing your Peanut Butter  for this recipe is that "natural" peanut butter doesn't work as well.

At least, the ones that we've experimented with over the years haven't worked as well. The consistency of natural peanut butter is much less creamy, and that comes through in the frosting.

Instead, try Creamy peanut butter. We have good results with JIF, Peter Pan, etc.

 

 

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 How to Make Peanut Butter Frosting

You can find the full, printable recipe at the bottom of this post. Here is a quick look at our steps!

  • In the bowl of your mixer, add the softened butter and mix on medium until butter is soft and smooth. Next, add the peanut butter and mix.
  • Next, add the powdered sugar a little at a time, alternating with the milk. Add the vanilla, and mix for 4-5 minutes until nice and smooth!  
  • That's it! It doesn't get much simpler, but trust me, this recipe is the BEST!

More Peanut Butter Recipes

Here are a few more cake and frosting recipes with Peanut Butter for you to try!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. We hope that you enjoy the recipe. If you give it a try, we would love to know what you think! Make sure to check out our full collection of cake recipes and learn how to decorate cakes as well!

 

Peanut Butter Buttercream

Fabulous Peanut Butter Frosting recipe by My Cake School!

This amazing peanut butter buttercream frosting tastes amazing and is SO easy to make! We love it with chocolate cakes and cupcakesQ!

Ingredients

  • 1 cup ( 255 grams) Creamy Peanut Butter Do Not Use Natural or Reduced Fat. We have used Jif and Peter Pan Creamy brands.
  • 2 sticks (226g) unsalted butter, slightly softened
  • 4 c. (460g) powdered sugar
  • ¼ cup (60g) milk plus 2 Tablespoon - use more if needed to reach the consistency you like
  • 2 teaspoons ( 8 grams ) vanilla extract
  • pinch of salt

Instructions

  1. In the bowl of your mixer add the butter and mix on medium speed until the butter is softened and smooth. Add the peanut butter and mix until blended.
  2. Gradually add the powdered sugar alternately with the milk. Add vanilla. Mix on medium speed 4 to 5 minutes until smooth.
  3.  ***Peanut butter brands labeled "Natural" that I have tried do not work as well with this recipe because the consistency isn't as smooth & creamy. I've used Jif & Peter Pan (Creamy) with good results!

 

 

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78 Comments

  1. Hi Denise, It does have a light crust. We have not used it under fondant, but I think it would work....chilling the cake before you lay on the fondant. I'm sorry that we don't have a peanut butter ganache, that does sound delicious.

  2. Since this recipe does not contain shortening, should it be refrigerated prior to transportING in a car?

  3. Hi Jenny, It is not necessary , but whenever possible it is a good idea to refrigerate this and other cakes that are going to be transported.

  4. Hi kakelover, You will not need to refrigerate the peanut butter frosting. We think all butter creams are best when eaten by the third day when they are not refrigerated.

  5. Hi Melissa, in the recipe, it only states" 256 grans" of peanut butter...Is that close to 1 cup? Thanks+ : )

  6. Hi Terri! Thanks for pointing that out, I've made this correction! I actually just copied and pasted the recipe from an older format last night and must have accidentally cut off that 1c. in the process. I hope you'll try this recipe- we love it! ;0)

  7. OMG! Thanks for answering so quickly Melissa! I asked you a question yesterday as well, and you got right back to me! I have to post my picture of the cake on the site! But yes, I now am going to make cupcakes with this peanut butter buttercream also for the Superbowl! Go Panthers!!!! Again, thanks for getting back so quickly!!!!!! Love you guys!!!!!

  8. Hi everyone! I made this frosting as a filling for cupcakes 2 days ago and I have got to tell you...IT IS AWESOME!! EVERYONE loved the cupcakes! THAT frosting is everything! I received phone calls from a few friends yesterday asking if I had extras. So I had a small sugar reunion at my house yesterday!! Thanks Melissa and BeBe!!! You guys rock...all day every day!!!!!!

  9. Hi Terri!!! I'm so glad that you loved the recipe! Too funny that you had a little cupcake reunion yesterday, lol! ;0) xoxo