Chocolate Cupcakes & Chocolate Peanut Butter Icing & Bacon Wafers - Sam Stern

Ingredients

• 200g plain white flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 35g cocoa (Divine works well)
• 80g cold butter
• 225g caster sugar
• 2 large eggs
• Pinch of vanilla (or standard) salt
• 1 teaspoon natural vanilla extract
• 230 ml semi-skimmed milk
• 450g icing sugar, sifted
• 60g cocoa powder
• 110 g unsalted butter (very soft)
• 50g smooth peanut butter (or more butter if you’d rather)
• A small pinch vanilla or standard salt
• 2 – 3 tablespoons milk or warm water or as much as needed
• 3 Rashers of Bacon
• Jelly Bean Hearts
• Sliced Strawberries