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Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Bundt Cake

Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Bundt Cake

The perfect birthday cake recipe. Chocolate cake with an awesome peanut butter twist. 

Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 5 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings 16
Calories 462 kcal

Ingredients

For the Chocolate Batter

  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 1 egg
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 3/4 cup + 2 T all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cup + 2 T cocoa powder
  • 3/4 tsp baking powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup boiling water

For the peanut butter batter

  • 1/4 cup butter room temperature
  • 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 1/3 cups self rising flour
  • 1 cup buttermilk

For the peanut butter ganache

  • 8 oz peanut butter chips
  • 1/2 cup heavy cream

For the chocolate drizzle

  • 3 oz semi-sweet chocolate chips
  • 2 T heavy cream

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9-inch bundt pan. Set aside.

To make the chocolate batter

  1. Cream sugar and oil together in a large bowl until light and fluffy.
  2. Beat in egg, vanilla, and milk
  3. In a medium bowl mix together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  4. Slowly add flour mixture to oil mixture until well combined.
  5. Carefully stir in boiling water.

To make the peanut butter batter

  1. In a large bowl cream together butter, peanut butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  2. Beat in egg.
  3. 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

  1. 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.
  2. Remove from pan and cool completely.

To make the peanut butter ganache and chocolate drizzle

  1. Pour peanut butter chips into a medium bowl. Set aside. Pour chocolate chips into another bowl.
  2. Heat heavy cream in a small saucepan just until bubbles form along the edges.
  3. Pour 1/2 cup cream over the peanut butter chips and whisk until smooth. Pour ganache over cooled cake.
  4. 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 462 Calories 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.