Black Sesame Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting

These lightly sweet black sesame cupcakes are full of toasty sesame flavor, and pair perfectly with the peanut butter sesame frosting.

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Keyword black sesame, cupcakes, frosting, halloween, peanut butter

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Total Time 50

Servings cupcakes

Calories 162kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

Black sesame cupcakes

1/2 cup toasted black sesame seeds
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup unsalted butter room temperature
1 egg
1 egg yolk
1/2 t vanilla extract
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1 t baking powder
1/4 cup whole milk
small pinch of salt optional

Peanut butter sesame frosting

2 T unsalted butter room temperature
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1/4 t vanilla
1 T peanut butter Add more to taste. I use 1.5 T
1 T toasted black sesame seeds

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and line a cupcake pan with 12 liners.
Grind the black sesame seeds to a powder in either a blender, grinder, or with a mortar and pestle/suribachi.
In a medium bowl, cream the butter and the sugar together. When nice and fluffy, add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla, and beat again to combine.
In a separate bowl, whisk the ground sesame seeds, flour, and baking powder together. Add half of it to the butter mixture and stir to combine. Next, add half of the milk, and mix. Finally, add the remaining flour, mix, and the remaining milk, and mix until fully combined. You want it to be fully combined, but you also want to be careful not to OVER mix it. Divide among the 12 cupcake liners, and bake for about 15-17 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean, when inserted. Cool on a wire rack.
Prepare the frosting: In a medium sized mixing bowl, cream the butter and the powdered sugar together. Add the vanilla, black sesame, and peanut butter, and mix to combine. Spread lightly over the cooled cupcakes. The frosting is meant to be a thin layer, and there will be just enough to frost all twelve cupcakes. If you really really like your frosting, consider doubling the recipe.

Notes

If you don't have a mortar and pestle, and you are grinding your seeds in a blender, add the seeds for the frosting and grind it all at once. Once ground, it will be about 1.5 T that you need to reserve for the frosting.

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