Chocolate peanut butter cake from Smitten Kitchen by Deb Perelman

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  • HalfSmoke on February 24, 2017

    Fantastic cake! We followed Rutabaga's tips and did a two-layer, 9-inch cake and freezed the layers for a bit to make it easier to frost. My wife used about 1 cup less of powdered sugar in the icing than called for and it was plenty sweet. Agree with others that small slices are more than sufficient.

  • Rutabaga on May 16, 2016

    This cake is perfection for peanut-butter-and-chocolate lovers. I made it for my husband's birthday, and everyone loved it, but it is rich, no doubt. Between ten adults, we didn't even eat half of it. Mine was a two layer cake baked in nine-inch pans, as I don't have three cake pans of the same size. After 35 minutes, the cakes were done. As Perelman notes, the cakes are very soft and fudgy; I put them in the freezer for about an hour prior to frosting. It was also difficult to cleanly cut the cake because it is so soft and moist, but using a sharp knife that has been run under water helps. I flubbed the ganache, unfortunately. My attention was divided, so the mixture cooked too long on the double boiler when I wasn't watching and the texture became rough and thick. Fortunately it still tasted delicious, and looked rather like an extra layer of chocolate buttercream atop the cake.

  • trudys_person on March 02, 2014

    My niece made this for her mom's birthday - it was amazing! And we got 16 slices out if it ... c. 750 calories a slice - but soooo worth it!

  • Vanessa on August 28, 2012

    We figured out this cake has something north of 12,000 calories in it. If my math is right, that means, each slice checks it at something over 500 calories IF you manage 24 slices. But SO worth it!

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