Nutter Butter Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
This cake is a Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake lover's dream! This rich chocolate cake is covered with homemade peanut butter frosting and topped with Mini Nutter Butter Cookies. How can anything get any better?
Prep Time10 minutes mins
Cook Time25 minutes mins
Decorating time30 minutes mins
Total Time1 hour hr
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: peanut butter cake
Servings: 12
Calories: 1186kcal
Cake Ingredients
- 2 boxes milk chocolate cake mix
- 2 1/2 C whole milk
- 2 C unsalted sweet cream butter softened
- 6 large eggs
Peanut Butter Frosting Ingredients:
- 2 C unsalted sweet cream butter
- 3 C powder sugar
- 4 tbsp heavy whipping cream
- 1/2 C peanut butter
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 container Mini Nutter Butter Cookies
Chocolate Ganache Ingredients:
Chocolate Cake Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray three 9 inch round cake pans with pam baking spray, set aside
Using a hand mixer and a large mixing bowl, beat all cake ingredients together until fully combined.
Divide batter between the two baking pans and bake in the preheated oven for 25-35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean in the center
Allow to cool completely on the counter.
Once cooled, remove cakes from cake pan and cut the domes off
Frosting Directions
Using a standing mixer, combine the butter, powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream, peanut butter and vanilla and mix on medium speed until smooth and creamy
Build cake directions:
Place the first cake layer onto a serving plate
Scoop 1 C of frosting onto the first layer and smooth out evenly
Place the second layer of cake onto the first layer of frosting
Place another scoop of frosting onto the second layer of cake and smooth evenly
Repeat steps with remaining cake layers
Once all layers have been frosted, frost entire cake
Scoop remaining frosting into a piping bag and set aside
Chocolate ganache directions
Using a small pot, heat up the heavy whipping cream until steaming
While heavy whipping cream is heating up, place chocolate chips into a heat-proof bowl
Once the heavy whipping cream is heated, pour over the chocolate chips
Allow to sit for 1 minute before whisking until smooth
Pour ganache into the squeeze bottle
Decorating directions
Using the squeeze bottle, to create a drizzle effect around the top of the cake, squeeze some ganache over the side allow the chocolate ganache to drip down
Pour ganache onto the center of the top of the cake and smooth evenly to coat the top
Allow to sit for 10 minutes to allow ganache to harden
Pipe dollops of frosting onto the top cake
Place a nutter butter cookie onto the top and side of the frosting dollops
Cut into slices and grab a large glass of milk!
Enjoy!
Calories: 1186kcal | Carbohydrates: 96g | Protein: 14g | Fat: 87g | Saturated Fat: 47g | Cholesterol: 272mg | Sodium: 722mg | Potassium: 549mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 67g | Vitamin A: 2180IU | Calcium: 235mg | Iron: 5mg