The perfect birthday cake recipe. Chocolate cake with an awesome peanut butter twist.
Course
Dessert
Cuisine
American
Prep Time30minutes
Cook Time1hour5minutes
Total Time1hour35minutes
Servings16
Calories462kcal
Ingredients
For the Chocolate Batter
1cupsugar
1/4cupoil
1egg
1tspvanilla
1/2cupmilk
3/4cup+ 2 T all-purpose flour
1/2cup+ 2 T cocoa powder
3/4tspbaking powder
1/2tspbaking soda
1/2tspsalt
1/2cupboiling water
For the peanut butter batter
1/4cupbutterroom temperature
3/4cupcreamy peanut butter
1cupsugar
1egg
1 1/3cupsself rising flour
1cupbuttermilk
For the peanut butter ganache
8ozpeanut butter chips
1/2cupheavy cream
For the chocolate drizzle
3ozsemi-sweet chocolate chips
2Theavy cream
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9-inch bundt pan. Set aside.
To make the chocolate batter
Cream sugar and oil together in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
Beat in egg, vanilla, and milk
In a medium bowl mix together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
Slowly add flour mixture to oil mixture until well combined.
Carefully stir in boiling water.
To make the peanut butter batter
In a large bowl cream together butter, peanut butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat in egg.
Carefully add in 1/3 of the flour, followed by 1/3 of the buttermilk. Continue alternating flour and buttermilk mixing well between each addition.
To make the cake
Pour a small amount of chocolate batter into the prepared bundt pan. Dot large spoonfuls of peanut butter batter, and top with more chocolate batter. Continue alternating until all batter is in the pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until a toothpick comes out cleanly.
Remove from pan and cool completely.
To make the peanut butter ganache and chocolate drizzle
Pour peanut butter chips into a medium bowl. Set aside. Pour chocolate chips into another bowl.
Heat heavy cream in a small saucepan just until bubbles form along the edges.
Pour 1/2 cup cream over the peanut butter chips and whisk until smooth. Pour ganache over cooled cake.
Pour the remaining 2 T cream over chocolate chips and whisk until smooth. Pour chocolate into a small ziploc baggie. Cut off one corner and drizzle chocolate over the cake
Nutrition Facts
Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Bundt Cake
Amount Per Serving (1 g)
Calories 462Calories from Fat 243
% Daily Value*
Fat 27g42%
Sodium 300mg13%
Carbohydrates 53g18%
Sugar 33g37%
Protein 9g18%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.