Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cake

Name: Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cake
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups (7 1/2 ounces; 213 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon, baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 1 1/4 cups boiling, water; 4 ounces (113 grams), unsweetened chocolate, chopped; 1/2 cup (1 1/2 ounces; 43 grams), Dutch-processed cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon, instant espresso powder or instant coffee powder; 10 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1 1/2 cups packed (10 1/2 ounces; 298 grams), light brown sugar; 3 , large eggs, room temperature; 1/2 cup, sour cream, room temperature; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 recipe, Peanut Butter Buttercream; 4 ounces (113 grams), bittersweet chocolate, chopped; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces; 2 tablespoons, light corn syrup; 1 , recipe Homemade Candied Peanuts

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Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2018

Desserts or Baked Goods

Chocolate

Cakes

Sweeten your day with this cake’s lavish chocolate layers, peanut butter frosting, and delicious drizzle of dark chocolate.

SERVES12

TIME1¾ hours, plus 2 hours cooling and 20 minutes setting

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

We layered moist devil's food-style cake with creamy peanut butter buttercream to marry two of our favorite dessert flavors. Crunchy candied peanuts on top provided a satisfying textural contrast to the soft cake and satiny frosting. Drippi...

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