🍫🥜 Heavenly Chocolate Peanut Butter Ooey Gooey Cake 🥜🍫
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📝 Ingredients
Cake:
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup cocoa powder
• 1 tsp baking soda
• ½ tsp salt
• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar (packed)
• 4 large eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 1 cup hot water
Peanut Butter Filling:
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• ½ cup heavy cream
Ganache:
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• ½ cup heavy cream
Garnish:
• 1 cup peanut butter chips
• ½ cup chopped peanuts
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👩🍳 Directions
1. Preheat Oven:
Preheat to 350°F (175°C). Grease and flour three 8-inch round cake pans.
2. Make Cake Batter:
o Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
o Beat butter with both sugars until fluffy.
o Add eggs one at a time, then vanilla.
o Alternate adding dry mix and buttermilk, starting and ending with flour.
o Stir in hot water until smooth.
o Divide into pans.
3. Bake:
Bake 30–35 min or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 min in pans, then on wire racks.
4. Prepare Filling:
Beat peanut butter, powdered sugar, and heavy cream until smooth and fluffy.
5. Assemble:
Layer cake with generous amounts of peanut butter filling in between.
6. Make Ganache:
Microwave chocolate chips + heavy cream in 30-sec intervals, stirring until melted. Pour over cake, letting it drip down the sides.
7. Garnish:
Sprinkle with peanut butter chips + chopped peanuts for the perfect finish.
8. Serve & Enjoy:
Slice into this decadent masterpiece and savor the ooey gooey magic!
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