Chocolate Peanut Butter Drip Cake

Chocolate Peanut Butter Drip Cake

During tough times, you just sometimes need a triple layer chocolate cake smothered in peanut butter and dripping with chocolate! This cake will cure most tough days. The chocolate cake is easy to make and perfectly rich and moist. The peanut butter frosting is delicious, too! I especially loved the drip on this cake and the way is drizzled down the sides. A bit of corn syrup is to thank for that! You may also love: Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake Bars!

You may need:

A Cake Stand

Chocolate Peanut Butter Drip Cake

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Ingredients

  

Cake

• ¾ cup unsweetened dark cocoa powder
• 1 cup boiling water
• ½ cup + 2 Tablespoons soft butter
• 2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 1¾ cups all-purpose flour
• 1½ tsp baking soda
• ¼ tsp salt
• ¾ cup whole milk
• ¼ cup sour cream

Frosting

• 3 sticks unsalted butter room temperature
• 2 cups creamy peanut butter
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• ½ teaspoon salt
• 3 cups powdered sugar sifted
• about 3 Tablespoons milk

Drip

• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 2 teaspoons corn syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 ounces dark chocolate chopped
• 1 cup confectioners’ sugar sifted

Garnish

• peanut butter in a piping bag
• mini pb cups

Instructions

 

Cake

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Spray 3 8-inch round baking pans with pam, line bottoms with parchment paper, grease again and set aside.
• In small bowl combine cocoa and boiling water with a whisk until smooth. Cool.
• In medium bowl stir together flour, baking soda and salt.
• In a mixer, beat butter and sugar until fluffy.
• Add eggs, one at a time and vanilla.
• Slowly add the cocoa mix.
• Add ⅓ of the flour mix, then the milk. Then ⅓ of flour and the sour cream. Then, add the past of the flour.
• Mix well and divide into the pans.
• Bake 28-30 mins until the toothpick comes out clean.
• Cool and pop out of pans. Remove parchment . (cool and at this point you can freeze)

Frosting

• Beat all except the milk.
• Once incorporated add the milk slowly and beat fluffy.

Drip

• Combine butter, milk, corn syrup, and vanilla extract in small saucepan and heat over medium heat until butter is melted.
• On low, add chocolate whisking to melt.
• Remove heat and add sugar whisking smooth.
• Let sit 5 mins.

Assembly

• Lay one cake layer on cake stand, frost. Top with next layer, frost and top with final cake.
• Do a crumb coat. Chill and frost cake. Let set.
• Pour over cake letting it drip down sides.
• Let set in fridge.
• Pipe on peanut butter rosettes and add pb cups, if desired.

Frosting & Drip Adapted from The Novice Chef Blog