Description
This Homemade Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake recipe delivers a decadent dessert with layers of moist chocolate cake and creamy peanut butter frosting. Ideal for chocolate and peanut butter lovers, this cake is perfect for birthdays, special occasions, or simply when you crave something indulgent. The rich chocolate and creamy peanut butter blend beautifully, making this cake a show-stopping dessert.
Ingredients
- All-purpose flour
- Sugar
- Cocoa powder
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Eggs
- Milk
- Vegetable oil
- Vanilla extract
- Boiling water
- Creamy peanut butter
- Butter
- Powdered sugar
- Heavy cream
- Chocolate chips (for ganache)
Instructions
- Preheat oven and prepare cake pans by greasing and flouring them.
- Mix dry ingredients—flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Add eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla to the dry mixture and beat until smooth.
- Stir in boiling water to thin the batter, then divide between pans.
- Bake until the cakes spring back when touched, then cool completely.
- Make the peanut butter frosting by beating butter, peanut butter, powdered sugar, and cream until fluffy.
- Frost the cake layers, then prepare chocolate ganache by melting chocolate chips with heavy cream.
- Drizzle the ganache over the frosted cake and chill before serving.
Notes
- For extra peanut flavor, you can add chopped peanuts between the cake layers or as a topping.
- Allow the cake to cool completely before frosting to prevent the frosting from melting.
- Prep Time: 35 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 540
- Sugar: 45g
- Sodium: 370mg