{"id":40124,"date":"2023-02-27T06:48:07","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T11:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=40124"},"modified":"2023-02-27T06:48:07","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T11:48:07","slug":"the-best-peanut-butter-frosting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/02\/27\/the-best-peanut-butter-frosting\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best Peanut Butter Frosting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6237\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2012\/01\/17\/apple-cake\/food-header-1-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,144\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Food-Header-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?fit=640%2C144&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6237\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=640%2C144&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"144\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Food-Header-12.jpg?resize=300%2C67&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"40133\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/02\/27\/the-best-peanut-butter-frosting\/choccakeweb-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ChocCakeweb.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"640,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ChocCakeweb\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ChocCakeweb.jpg?fit=640%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-40133\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ChocCakeweb.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ChocCakeweb.jpg?w=640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ChocCakeweb.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>If you haven&#8217;t heard &#8211; peanut butter and cream cheese is a match made in heaven! This frosting was the perfect compliment to the chocolate sour cream cake The Boy and I made to celebrate his birthday over the weekend. It&#8217;s easy to make, spreads and pipes nicely, and has just the right amount of tang and peanut flavor. <!--more--><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>8 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature<\/li>\n<li>8 oz. cream cheese, softened<\/li>\n<li>3 cups confectioners sugar<\/li>\n<li>pinch salt (omit if using salted butter)<\/li>\n<li>2 teaspoons vanilla extract<\/li>\n<li>1 cup peanut butter<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ol>\n<li>In a mixer with a paddle attachment, cream butter until smooth.<\/li>\n<li>Add the cream cheese and beat for 2 to 3 minutes.<\/li>\n<li>Gradually beat in the confectioners sugar, a half cup at a time, on a low speed, then add vanilla.<\/li>\n<li>Mix in the peanut butter until smooth and creamy. Makes 2 cups.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you haven&#8217;t heard &#8211; peanut butter and cream cheese is a match made in heaven! This frosting was the perfect compliment to the chocolate sour cream cake The Boy and I made to celebrate his birthday over the weekend. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/02\/27\/the-best-peanut-butter-frosting\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1238,4],"tags":[2643,2001,2172,5277],"class_list":["post-40124","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lovin-from-the-oven","category-news","tag-birthday-cakes","tag-chocolate-cake","tag-cream-cheese","tag-peanut-butter-frosting"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-ara","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37290,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/02\/28\/chocolate-cake-with-peanut-butter-frosting\/","url_meta":{"origin":40124,"position":0},"title":"Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"February 28, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"We celebrated The Boy's birthday over the weekend with this perfect combo of rich chocolate cake and peanut butter frosting. 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