Nutter Butter Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

Everything about this sinfully delicious Nutter Butter Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Recipe is mindblowing good. You can’t find a better combination of chocolate and peanut butter than in this easy to make cake.

Whether you are feeding dessert to a group of hungry people or keeping it all to yourself, this cake disappears quickly. Everyone I have met finds it irresistible, and I am sure you will feel the same way. 

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Nutter Butter Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Recipe

I have always been a HUGE fan of peanut butter and chocolate. They go together perfectly, and then when you combine them in this amazing peanut butter chocolate cake, you are bound to have success. The flavors will make your heart skip a beat when you take that first heavenly bite.

You will keep yearning for more and more until next thing you know it’s gone! 

I’ve known people to make this Nutter Butter chocolate peanut butter cake recipe for their wedding, so if that tells you how amazing it is. It’s also lovely if you are throwing an anniversary party, birthday party, or if you’ve invited friends over for dinner. I love how elegant and stylish this chocolate peanut butter cake is too.

Everything about it screams perfection, and I know you are going to be impressed. 

Can I Make This Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting into Cupcakes? 

Of course, you can make this chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting into cupcakes.

You will need to use two boxed cake mixes to prepare this recipe. Most boxed cake mixes will make 24 – 30 cupcakes per box. So, you can easily whip up a batch of 48 cupcakes with this recipe. It’s important to know that cupcakes bake much faster than the actual cakes. This is totally normal because they are much smaller than a cake. So, start checking the chocolate cupcakes after around 15 minutes to see if they are done.

Once the cupcakes are done, you should be able to insert a toothpick, and it will come out without any crumbs or liquid from the cake on it. 

Does Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Filling Need Refrigerated? 

Yes, due to the ingredients in the chocolate cake with peanut butter filling, the recipe should be refrigerated. The cake itself would be fine to sit out, but once you add frosting, it needs to be kept cold.

Honestly, the cake is far more delicious when it’s cold anyway, so you’ll be glad you chilled it.

Ingredients

For this chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting, you will find three sets of ingredients. One for the cake itself, the peanut butter frosting, and lastly, the mouthwatering chocolate ganache. Take a peek before you get started:

Cake Ingredients:

• 2 boxes of milk chocolate cake mix – You could also use a dark chocolate or Devil’s food if you wanted to. 
• Whole milk – Using whole milk will give it by far the best flavor and texture. 
• Unsalted sweet cream butter 
• 6 large eggs

Peanut Butter Frosting Ingredients:

• Unsalted sweet cream butter
• Powder sugar
• Heavy whipping cream
• Peanut butter
• Pure vanilla extract
• 1 disposable piping bag with a star tip
• 1 container of Mini Nutter Butter Cookies

Chocolate Ganache Ingredients:

• Semi-sweet chocolate chips
• Heavy whipping cream
• 1 large squeeze bottle

How to Make a Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

Don’t worry, making this chocolate peanut butter cake is actually really easy to do. It takes a few steps, but they are all simple and not very time consuming on your part. Take a look so you can make your own delectable chocolate peanut butter cake.

Chocolate Directions:

First Step: Heat the oven up to 350 degrees and prepare three 9-inch cake pans with non-stick cooking spray and set aside. 

Second Step: Beat the eggs, milk, sweet cream butter, and cake mix together using a hand mixer until everything is well combined. 

Third Step: Pour the batter in the cake pans and put in the oven for 25-35 minutes. 

Fourth Step: Cool the chocolate cakes on the counter. 

Fifth Step: Once the cakes are cool, take them out of the cake pans and cut off the domes on top. 

Frosting Directions:

First Step: Place the butter, powdered sugar, heavy whipping cream, vanilla, and peanut butter in a stand mixer bowl. Combine on medium speed until it’s smooth and creamy. 

Build cake directions:

First Step: Lay the first layer of the cake onto a serving platter. 

Second Step: Place 1 cup of the peanut butter frosting onto the cake and spread it out, so it’s smooth. 

Third Step: Set the second layer on top of the frosted top layer. Then add a scoop of frosting on top of the second layer. 

Fourth Step: Add the third layer and frost the entire cake. 

Fifth Step: Place the rest of the peanut butter frosting in a piping bag then set aside for later. 

Chocolate ganache directions:

First Step: Heat the heavy whipping cream in a small saucepan until it begins to steam. 

Second Step: Put the chocolate chips in a heat-proof bowl then add the heated heavy whipping cream on top. Allow it to sit for 1 minute then whisk together until it’s smooth and creamy. 

Third Step: Pour the homemade chocolate ganache into a squeeze bottle. 

Decorating directions:

First Step: Squeeze cholate ganache all over the edge and sides of the chocolate cake. You want it to drip down the sides to add that elegance to the cake. 

Second Step: Allow the ganache to sit for 10 minutes so it can harden up. 

Third Step: Add dollops of frosting to the cake and add nutter butter cookies on top of the frosting.

Enjoy!

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Nutter Butter Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

Everything about this sinfully delicious Nutter Butter Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Recipe is mindblowing good. You can't find a better combination of chocolate and peanut butter than in this easy to make cake.

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Ingredients 

Cake Ingredients:

• 2 boxes of 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 disposable piping bag with star tip
• 1 container of Mini Nutter Butter Cookies

Chocolate Ganache Ingredients:

• 1 C semi sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 C heavy whipping cream
• 1 large squeeze bottle

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Instructions

Chocolate 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!

Author: Laura

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