Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake for a Crowd
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake for a Crowd

NUTRITION · PER SERVING195M COOK
CAL 26%·PRO 14%
CARBS 66G52% OF CAL
4G FIBER0G ADDED0G INTRINSIC8G OTHER54G TOTAL SUGAR
FAT 27G47% OF CAL
11G SAT16G UNSAT

BARS = SHARE OF RECIPE CALORIES · RINGS = FDA DV

A rich chocolate cake layered with fluffy peanut butter frosting, topped with peanut butter cups and a drizzle of melted chocolate. Decadent and over-the-top, designed to feed a large crowd.

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Nutrition & ingredients

Ingredients

serves 20
  • 1 3/4 cups flour (, plain / all purpose)
  • 3/4 cup cocoa powder (, unsweetened (Note 1))
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking powder
  • 1 1/2 tsp baking soda ((bi-carb soda) (Note 2))
  • 2 cups white sugar (or caster/superfine sugar)
  • 1 tsp cooking / kosher salt ((yes, really!))
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 cup milk ((low or full fat))
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil (, or other plain flavoured oil like canola, grapeseed, rapeseed, sunflower)
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 tsp instant coffee powder (, OPTIONAL (Note 3))
  • 1 cup boiling water ((makes the chocolate flavour "bloom"))
  • 250g / 2 sticks unsalted butter (, softened)
  • 4 cups (500 g) soft icing sugar / powdered sugar (, sifted (Note 4))
  • 1/2 cup (120 g) smooth peanut butter ((spread, not pure) (Note 5))
  • 1/4 tsp cooking/kosher salt
  • 1 tbsp milk
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips or melts ((US: semi sweet chips))
  • 2 tbsp cream ((thickened/heavy or pure, not low fat))
  • 3 tbsp peanut butter (, warmed in microwave to make it runny)
  • 120g / 4 oz mini Reece's Peanut Butter Cups
  • 10+ miniature Reece's Peanut Butter Cups (, halved)
  • 1/4 cup salted peanuts (, finely chopped)
PREP
30M
SODIUM
284MG
ESTIMATE
COMPLETE

Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.