CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER FUN CAKE

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER FUN CAKE image

Yield 16 people

Number Of Ingredients 22

ChocolateâPeanut Butter Fun Cake
Ingredients
SERVINGS: 16
Chocolate Cake
Nonstick vegetable oil spray
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup finely chopped semisweet or bittersweet chocolate (3 1/2 ounces)
Peanut Butter Buttercream
1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup egg whites (from about 2 large eggs)
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) chilled unsalted butter, cut into 1/4-inch cubes
Kosher salt
1/4 cup chopped semisweet or bittersweet chocolatet(about 1 3/4 ounces)
1/4 cup chopped unsalted, dry-roasted peanuts

Steps:

Chocolate Cake Preheat oven to 350Â°. Coat bottom and sides of 8x8x2-inch pan with nonstick spray; line bottom of pan with parchment paper. Whisk flour and next 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Add oil, vanilla, and 1 1/4 cups water; whisk until smooth. Fold in chopped chocolate. Scrape into prepared pan; smooth top. Bake until a tester comes out clean when inserted into center, 35â40 minutes. Let cool completely in pan on a wire rack. Peanut Butter Buttercream Combine sugar and egg whites in a medium metal bowl set over a saucepan of simmering water. Whisk constantly until sugar dissolves and mixture is hot to the touch, 3â4 minutes. Remove from heat; using an electric mixer, beat on high speed until cool and thick, 5â6 minutes. Beat in vanilla, then peanut butter. With mixer running, add butter a few pieces at a time, beating to blend between additions. Season with salt. Run a thin knife around pan to release cake. Invert cake onto a serving plate. Spread peanut butter buttercream over top. Garnish with chopped chocolate and peanuts. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Store airtight at room temperature. Cut into 2-inch squares.