Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Recipe
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Recipe
You will love this Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Recipe! It’s the perfect combination of creamy peanut butter filling rich chocolate cake topped with chocolate ganache.
Chocolate Peanut Putter Butter Recipe is the perfect cake for the chocolate and peanut butter lover like myself. This easy cake has become our go to for birthday’s and almost any other special occasion.
Yes we have plenty of chocolate and peanut butter lovers in the family. But this cake would be a hit even if they weren’t your first choice.
I was asked to bring a dessert to a friends party a few weeks ago. Knowing who was going to be there and that they were all chocolate and peanut butter lovers I was definitely making this cake!
This cake was sure to be a hit and it was. If your a chocolate and peanut butter lover you will love this cake!
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Rich Chocolate Cake!
I know when making a chocolate cake you might be tempted to make a boxed cake mix but don’t! Believe me this homemade cake will be well worth it.
Don’t get me wrong cake mixes can be great. We use them often for different recipes but this cake needs to be homemade.
This cake is made with standard ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry. If your like us your pantry is always pretty well stocked.
We always made this easy cake with a plain and simple ganache but you can add some topping if you like. Maybe some chopped peanut butter cups, chocolate curls, chocolate chips and peanut butter chips.
How do I store this cake?
Store the cake in an air tight container in the refrigerator. The cake will last for 5-7 days.
HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER CAKE RECIPE
First you will make your cake layers. Once they are completely cooled you will make the filling.
Beat together the peanut butter filling until it’s light and fluffy.
Make the silky smooth ganache for the topping!
Once you make this cake I’m pretty sure you will be making it often. It will be one of those cakes you make on a holiday for a special occasion or just because you want something amazingly delicious!
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Recipe
Ingredients
Chocolate Cake
- ¾ cup butter, soft
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- ¾ cups cocoa powder
- 1 ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 ½ tsp salt
- ¼ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp vanilla
- 1 cup milk
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 tsp vegetable oil
- ½ small pkg instant chocolate pudding mix
Peanut Butter Frosting
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 sticks butter, room temp
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- ½ tsp vanilla
Chocolate Ganache
- 1 ½ cups chocolate chips
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
Instructions
FOR THE CAKE
- In mixer, cream butter and sugar together
- Add eggs 1 at a time. Beat in vanilla
- Combine all the dry ingredients in a separate bowl (including pudding mix)
- Add dry mix to the mixing bowl alternating with the milk and buttermilk.
- Add the vegetable oil and mix until well combined and not lumpy
- Pour into greased/floured cake pans (2 ) 8in
- Bake at 350 for about 20-25 mins until toothpick comes out clean.
- Let cool 10 minutes before removing from pan
FOR THE PEANUT BUTTER FILLING
- In mixer combine room temperature butter and peanut butter and beat until fluffy
- Beat in vanilla and add in powdered sugar a little at a time
- Mix until the frosting is smooth and fluffy
- Spread over bottom layer of cake
- Top frosting with the 2nd cake
FOR THE GANACHE
- In a small saucepan, heat heavy whipping cream until just before it boils
- Pour chocolate chips into a separate bowl
- Add hot heavy whipping cream to chocolate chips and whisk until smooth consistency
- Let cool for a few minutes and pour over cake starting in the center and letting in spill over the sides of the cake
- Leave plain or top the cake with chopped peanut butter cups, peanut butter chips, chocolate chips, chocolate curls ect.
Disclaimer
Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation and actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and proportion sizes.
This cake was fantastic and well worth taking the time to make it
Thanks so much! It’s one of our favorites! So glad you enjoyed it also.
This cake was the highlight of my Thanksgiving; much better than the company at my table
lol so happy you enjoyed the cake! 🙂
Made this cake ABSOLUTELY following all direction. Batter divided into 2 x 8inch round pans as directed. The batter overflowed the pans, making a complete mess in my oven. And at 25 minutes, the pans still “jiggled” like they were full of water. Disaster…was making for a family Easter dessert…of course
Sorry this didn’t work out for you. As you can see from the video and pictures the cake is made in 2 8 in pans. we have never had a problem or issues with the cake not being cooked
or done after 25-30 minutes but you could have cooked it longer until cooked.
This cake is so delicious. I have made this 3 times now and it is a big favorite. Making it tomorrow for Easter Sunday too. Pure decadents and a family favorite.
So happy to hear that everyone loved this cake Jackie. It’s one of our favorites too. It never disappoints.
Look at all these delicious Peanut Butter and Chocolate Desserts! Where do we start?
Made this for my mother’s birthday. It was delicious! Not sure if it is an altitude difference, but I made this in 2- 9 inch cake pans and it was perfect.(8inch would have been too small.) I made it the night before and stored it in the fridge, but forgot to remove it as soon as I got up in the morning. It was good when it was still a bit chilled but out of this world at room temp!
Omg what a decadent luscious cake The peanut butter filling is so fluffy and creamy and the chocolate cake is dreamy and the ganache on top makes it out of this world My only issue was having flour mixture popping out of kitchen aide mixer Id give this a thousand stars if I could 💕💕
So happy you love this cake. It is one of our favorites!
I keep trying to give you a five star rating I adored this luscious sinful decadent cake with fluffy peanut butter filling and moist chocolate cake with heavenly ganache No issue with using 8” pie pans I’m making it again! Thank you!💕
Thank you so much Cindy! We are so happy you loved this recipe 🙂
I made this as directed in 8” pans. I think it should have said 9”. It took so long to bake, at least 15 more minutes than the 25 in the recipe. Also it made for a very thick filling and more ganache than needed for an 8” cake!
We always make this in an 8-inch pan. If you would like to try it in a 9-inch pan I’m sure it would be fine just a shorter cake and the time always works for us. We never bake more than 2 minutes. 40 minutes in a8 or 9 inch pan sounds much to long
Do you just fill the inside with the peanut butter filling and only use the ganache on the outside of the cake
Yes just like the picture shows and instructions in the recipe card 🙂
To the ladies having trouble with the cake sticking to the bottom of the cake pan, I sprayed the bottom with and oil and flour spray then used parchment paper that I cut to fit the bottom of the pan. Also Nordicware makes a 8 inch cake pan with higher sides. I had to cook mine about 20 minutes longer but it turned out great. 3rd time making it
This cake is perfect! The directions are exact and it turned out just like the picture Thank you for sharing this recipe! I love to bake and try recipes that catch my eye, and this is a winner !
Thanks so much, Kathryn. we are happy you enjoyed this cake. It is a favorite in our house!
What kind of peanut butter do you recommend? I normally buy just natural peanut butter (not Jif or Skippy type) but wondering if the fake kind would make a fluffier texture? Please advise. Thanks!
We us skippy or our store brand but you can use anything you like. I have never tried it with natural