Peanut Butter Layered Chocolate Cake

Sharing our favorite Homemade Chocolate Cake today! My Peanut Butter Layered Chocolate Cake makes the perfect cake to celebrate your loved ones!

Homemade Chocolate Cake

Oh boy, this homemade chocolate cake is a dream. I made it for my sweet Mom’s birthday…..and it’s safe to say we LOVED it 🙂 You’ll find eggless peanut butter cookie dough layered between 2 homemade chocolate cakes topped with my double chocolate frosting. Find a special occasion to make this cake ASAP! Enjoy friends!

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Bake your cakes and let them cool.

How Do You Make Chocolate Cake?

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and spray two 9 inch cake pans with cooking spray and the bottoms lined with parchment paper.
2. Heat the milk in a microwave safe bowl until hot, about 45-60 seconds. Remove and add chocolate chips. Let sit for 1 minute then stir to melt.
3. In a stand mixer, mix the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, salt and baking soda to combine. Slowly add the eggs, sour cream, oil and melted chocolate mixture until combined. Divide batter between the two prepared cake pans.
4. Bake for about 30 minutes, or until baked through. Remove and let cool. Remove cakes from pans.

While your cakes are cooling, make the peanut butter cookie dough layer. Start with some flour!

Add your peanut butter, butter, sugars, vanilla and milk.

How To Make Eggless Peanut Butter Cookie Dough

• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup milk

1. To prepare cookie dough, beat butter and peanut butter until creamy and smooth. Add sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, flour and milk mixing until thick and cookie dough consistency.

Yes please!

Let’s start the frosting shall we?

How To Make Double Chocolate Buttercream

Double Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

• 2 sticks unsalted butter, softened
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1 cup chocolate chips, melted
• 20 mini Reeses Peanut Butter Cups

1. To prepare frosting, beat butter until creamy. Slowly add powdered sugar and cocoa until thick. Beat in melted chocolate. Stack one cake on top of a cake plate and top with peanut butter cookie dough layer. Top with second cake and Frost entire cake. Top with halved Reeses Peanut Butter Cups.

Oh yah!!

You’ve got to try a taste!

How To Assemble Layered Cake

1. Stack one cake on top of a cake plate and top with peanut butter cookie dough layer. Top with second cake and Frost entire cake. Top with halved Reeses Peanut Butter Cups.

Frost all sides of this baby!

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

Unwrap 20 or so of these little bites and top them on the center of your cake if desired.

Peanut Butter Layered Chocolate Cake

This homemade chocolate cake is layered with peanut butter cookie dough and topped with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups! The perfect cake to celebrate your loved ones!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time 20 minutes mins

Cook Time 30 minutes mins

Servings: 10

Calories: 1034kcal

Author: Jenny

Cost: 10

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Ingredients

Homemade Chocolate Cake

• 1 cup milk chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup cocoa powder
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 4 large eggs
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup canola oil

Eggless Peanut Butter Cookie Dough

• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar packed
• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 cup milk

Double Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

• 2 sticks unsalted butter softened
• 2 cups powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder
• 1 cup chocolate chips melted
• 20 mini Reeses Peanut Butter Cups

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and spray two 9 inch cake pans with cooking spray and the bottoms lined with parchment paper.
• Heat the milk in a microwave safe bowl until hot, about 45-60 seconds. Remove and add chocolate chips. Let sit for 1 minute then stir to melt.
• In a stand mixer, mix the flour, cocoa powder, sugar, salt and baking soda to combine. Slowly add the eggs, sour cream, oil and melted chocolate mixture until combined. Divide batter between the two prepared cake pans. Bake for about 30 minutes, or until baked through. Remove and let cool. Remove cakes from pans.
• To prepare cookie dough, beat butter and peanut butter until creamy and smooth. Add sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, flour and milk mixing until thick and cookie dough consistency.
• To prepare frosting, beat butter until creamy. Slowly add powdered sugar and cocoa until thick. Beat in melted chocolate. Stack one cake on top of a cake plate and top with peanut butter cookie dough layer. Top with second cake and Frost entire cake. Top with halved Reeses Peanut Butter Cups.

Nutrition

Calories: 1034kcal | Carbohydrates: 161g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 40g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Cholesterol: 97mg | Sodium: 622mg | Potassium: 457mg | Fiber: 7g | Sugar: 120g | Vitamin A: 478IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 156mg | Iron: 5mg

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