Description
Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake made with moist chocolate layers, creamy peanut butter frosting, and rich chocolate ganache.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder
- 2 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup hot water
- 2 cups unsalted butter
- 1 1/4 cups peanut butter
- 9 cups powdered sugar
- 6–7 tbsp milk or water
- Pinch of salt
- 6 peanut butter cups, chopped
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 4 peanut butter cups, halved
- Crumbled peanut butter cups
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and prepare three 8-inch cake pans
- Mix flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, baking powder, and salt
- Combine milk, oil, vanilla, and eggs in another bowl
- Mix wet ingredients into dry ingredients until combined
- Slowly add hot water and mix until smooth batter forms
- Divide batter evenly into pans and bake 22–25 minutes
- Cool cakes completely on wire racks
- Beat butter and peanut butter until smooth
- Add powdered sugar in batches and mix well
- Add milk and salt, then beat until creamy frosting forms
- Level cake layers with a knife
- Layer cake with frosting and chopped peanut butter cups
- Apply crumb coat and frost entire cake
- Heat cream and pour over chocolate chips, then whisk into ganache
- Drip ganache over cake and decorate with frosting and candy
- Refrigerate until ready to serve and bring to room temperature before serving
Notes
- Do not overmix the batter to keep cake soft
- Always cool cake layers before frosting
- Use high-quality cocoa for better flavor
- Adjust frosting consistency with milk as needed
- Store cake in refrigerator for up to 4 days
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 22 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 1097
- Sugar: 112
- Sodium: 774
- Fat: 62
- Saturated Fat: 32
- Unsaturated Fat: 25
- Trans Fat: 1
- Carbohydrates: 133
- Fiber: 3
- Protein: 14
- Cholesterol: 110