This Chocolate peanut butter bundt cake is the perfect cake for peanut butter cup lovers. It’s a delicious cake made with chocolate and peanut butter batters, and topped with a peanut butter, and chocolate ganache.
We are big fans of all thing peanut butter cup, and all things chocolate peanut butter, and this chocolate peanut butter bundt cake is the perfect cake for all chocolate and peanut butter lovers, like we are.
This amazing chocolate peanut butter bundt cake is the perfect cake with a mix of chocolate and peanut butter flavors throughout. It’s got two different cake batters, with a chocolate batter, and a peanut butter batter that are layered together and baked together. Then the cake is topped with both a creamy peanut butter ganache and a chocolate ganache. And then to top it off you add chopped up peanut butter cups.
Every year I try to make an amazing birthday cake for my different loved ones birthdays. One year I made a chocolate layer cake, for one birthday I made a banana cake with peanut butter frosting. This year I made this easy chocolate cake, and chocolate peanut butter bundt cake.
One year Nate made the best chocolate cake for me, with a peanut butter frosting, and it was one of the best cakes I’ve ever had in my life. Ever since then I’ve been trying to out do him, and make him the best birthday cake ever, and this chocolate peanut butter cake might be a winner. Nate loves all things chocolate and peanut butter, and especially Reese’s cups, so this cake was the perfect way to celebrate his day.
For this chocolate and peanut butter bundt cake I adapted this cake recipe from Betsy Life.
So like I said, basically this cake combines a chocolate and a peanut butter cake batter. The chocolate cake batter is thinner than the peanut butter batter, but don’t worry because they raise up the same and combine together well to make this cake.
Then the cake is topped with an amazing peanut butter ganache. The ganache uses peanut butter chips, heavy cream, and real peanut butter. The real peanut butter gives the ganache that perfect peanut butter taste. Then the cake is drizzled with a creamy chocolate ganache.
And since you can never have too much peanut butter and chocolate, I added some chopped up reeses cups on top too. That my friends is the recipe for a great cake!
So this cake is a bit messy to make, and takes a little bit more time than just a boxed cake mix, since there are two batters and two ganaches. But I promise the end result is so worth it!
If you love chocolate and peanut butter, like we do, then this is the perfect cake for you. I mean seriously, perfect.
Looking for more chocolate peanut butter recipes
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Banana Smoothie
- Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Peanut Butter Cup Ice Cream
- Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Bundt Cake
Ingredients
For the Chocolate Batter:
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3/4 cup + 2 TBS flour
- 1/2 cup +2 TBS cocoa powder
- 3/4 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup boiling water
For the Peanut Butter Batter:
- 1/4 cup butter (room temperature)
- 3/4 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/3 cups flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup milk
For the Peanut Butter Ganache:
- 8 oz peanut butter chips
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1/3 cup peanut butter
For the Chocolate Ganache:
- 4 oz milk chocolate chips
- 3 TBS heavy cream
Optional:
- 6 regular sized reeses cups (chopped)
Equipment
- Large Mixing Bowl
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare a 9 inch bundt pan with nonstick spray and then sprinkle it with flour. Set aside.
For the chocolate batter:
- Cream together your sugar and oil in a large bowl.
- Mix in your egg, vanilla and milk.
- In a separate bowl combine your flour, cocoa powder. baking powder, baking soda and salt.
- Slowly add your dry ingredients to your wet ingredients while stirring until combined.
- Mix in your boiling water.
For the peanut butter batter:
- Cream together your butter, peanut butter and sugar in a large bowl.
- Mix in your egg and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl combine your flour, baking powder and salt.
- Mix in 1/3 of your flour mixture until mixed. Followed by 1/3 of your milk. Alternate until everything is added.
For the cake:
- Pour some of the chocolate batter into the prepared bundy pan.
- Pour peanut butter batter over the chocolate batter.
- Continue alternating until both batters are completely used.
- Bake for about 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow to cool before removing from pan.
For the peanut butter ganache:
- Put your peanut butter chips, heavy cream and peanut butter into a double boiler.
- Heat over medium low heat stirring often until creamy and smooth.
- Pour over your cake.
- Allow to mostly harden before adding the chocolate ganache.
For the chocolate ganache:
- Combine your chocolate chips and heavy cream in a double boil.
- Heat over medium low heat, stirring often until creamy.
- Pour into a small ziplock bag and cut off a small piece of one corner.
- Drizzle over the cake.
- Sprinkle with chopped up reeses cups if desired.
Video
Chocolate Peanut Butter Bundt Cake first posted on March 20, 2014. Photos updated on March 20, 2019.
Enjoy this chocolatey peanut butter goodness for a birthday or just any occasion!
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Kathleen O'Hara says
I am in the middle of making this and am so confused. The peanut butter batter is very thick like a cookie dough, even after I added a little milk. How could it not be thick, since the recipe does not call for any liquid, peanut butter and 1-1/3 cup flour. Until I added some milk, it was literally crumbling. Let’s see how it goes.
Aimee says
The peanut butter batter also has an egg and butter in addition to the 1 cup of milk called to add, in the ingredients that should all add moisture.
Sasha says
Can u use regular peanut butter instead of peanut butter chips
Aimee says
You could try just drizzling peanut butter instead of the pb ganache this recipe makes, but don’t mix cream with it without the chips, it’ll be too thin
Patricia Nubine says
Love this cake. Made it for my farmers market people. It went so fast making it again today for the weekend. So delicious!
Lisa says
I made this for my grandson since peanut butter cups are his favorite. He loved it! I was concerned it might be dry but it wasn’t. This cake is full of flavor and was a hit with the adults at Thanksgiving, also.
Aimee says
I’m so glad you all loved it!
Jo says
Most beautiful cake I’ve ever brought to a party. I followed the peanut butter suggestion and used cheap store brand. Turned out perfect!
Beth says
I can’t wait to try this! Technique question: how did you get the beautiful swirls of chocolate and peanut butter in the photographs? The way I’m thinking of layering it, I imagine more straight layers, but I’d love to know how you got such a beautiful result!
Aimee says
Because the cake is baked in a Bundt pan and raises as it baked it should create the pretty rounded layers on its own as if bakes.
Laura says
One of the best cakes I’ve ever made! Great recipe!
Aimee says
Yay I’m so glad to hear that!
Cynthia Ann Payne says
Hey should I use apple flour or cake flour. Making this for my son’s wedding 40th Birthday tomorrow
Cynthia Ann Payne says
Not apple flour, all purpose flour and not wedding but for his 40th Birthday
Aimee says
I’m not sure if apple flour means all purpose flour, haha, but that’s what you should use. All purpose flour
Gail says
Just made cake. We haven’t tasted it yet. But it looks yummy. My peanut butter batter was thicker than my chocolate batter. I used chunky peanut butter in the cake which I think was fine. But I also used chunky peanut butter in ganache. Next time I need to use smoothly peanut butter in ganache. For chocolate ganache I only had dark chocolate which was a little grainy. Next time I need to use milk chocolate because it will be smoother.
Gail says
OMG! Additional note. I served this at a BD party and it was a very moist decadent cake. Everyone ravesd about it!
Rhonda says
Hi. Im thinking of making some of these as an assortment for my daughters wedding. If I make the ganache the day before, and decorate them Do I need to refrigerate them overnight due to the heavy cream?
Thanks. Rhonda
Aimee says
I like to keep it in the fridge, but everything I see online says it can stay out at room temperature too. I’d keep it in the fridge covered tightly so it won’t dry out to be safe 🙂
Mav says
Hi! Just wanted to say this is a great recipe. I made it for my husband for Valentine’s Day and he loved it (so did I)! It didn’t turn out dry for me at all, I used Skippy for the PB.
Aimee says
So glad you guys liked it. That reminds me that I need to make it again soon 😉
Tammy says
Mine turned out a little dry – mainly the peanut butter batter part of it. Is that normal or did I bake a few minutes too long? We loved everything else about it. Just hoping that was what I did wrong.
Aimee says
Sorry I’m not sure why! Maybe you could bake it a bit less, but it seems strange the batters would be cooked differently.
The Practical Peanut says
I made this today and it was INSANE. A lot of clean up but oh my goodness. I used a mix of 2/3 natural PB and 1/3 Skippy and would definitely recommend using the non-natural kind.
Aimee Berrett says
Good call, I always get non-natural for baking. So glad you liked it 🙂
Kristen says
What kind of peanut butter do you use? Natural? Jiffy?
Aimee Berrett says
I use regular peanut butter, not natural – skippy, jif, store brand, etc
Olivia says
My boyfriend really likes it. I had a problem with the peanut butter batter like another user and the ganache. Maybe peanut butter brand? Anyway. Will certainly make again. Thank you for sharing!
Aimee Berrett says
Sorry that you had issues with the pb butter and ganache! – I can’t figure out what would cause that. What was the problem with the ganache? Im glad the cake still tasted yummy anyway!
Shelley says
Hi Aimee I had major issue with the chocolate ganache. Too liquidy. I followed and measure out the chocolate chips and w. Cream per my scale and I guess I need to add more chocolate or less cream.
Aimee Berrett says
So sorry that your ganache was too thin. Did it ever thicken, when it cooled down? Maybe the different types of chocolate used makes a difference.
Aimee Berrett says
I just realized that I THINK the chocolate ganache recipe should be 3TBS not oz of heavy cream, and I realize that makes a huge difference. I’m SO SORRY!!
Heather says
My peanut butter batter was too thick! It wasn’t pourable at all. I just sort of… molded it like cookie dough. I hope it comes out!
Aimee Berrett says
How did it turn out for you? That’s so strange! My peanut butter batter was thinner than my chocolate batter.
Michelle P says
There’s instructions to put baking soda into the chocolate batter but its not listed in the ingredients. Help! My batter is mixing now… 🙁
Aimee Berrett says
The ingredients say 3/4 tsp baking powder and 1/2 tsp baking soda. I just looked at them.
Michelle P says
Okay – I am clearly a dingbat & was looking at the peanut butter batter ingredients while trying to mix the chocolate! LOL Whew! Figured it out! Thanks! In the oven now… Can’t wait!
Aimee Berrett says
Sorry, it is confusing since the pb has only baking powder. Glad you figured it out! How did the cake end up for you?
Michelle P says
It was delicious!! Rave reviews. Thanks!
Aimee Berrett says
So glad you all loved it!
Erin says
Love, love, love this recipe! Pinned, and will be made in my very near future. 🙂
Crissa Robertson says
Drooling…I am going to request this for my birthday!
Karen Hurst says
This looks and sound amazing. I was wondering if you had some recipes for freezer meals?
Aimee Berrett says
Karen, we freeze leftovers from many of our meals, since there are just 2 of us, we often end up with leftovers. My favorites are any pasta dish as well as many mexican dishes. But I’m actually going to be working on doing a freezer series soon hopefully in preparation for baby boy coming in a few weeks!
Jesseca Hallows says
I love the crushed peanut butter cups all over the cake. One of my favorite candies!
Ashlee Prisbrey says
love chocolate and peanut butter together! mmmm
Angie Shuster says
Yummmmmmm…….I was looking for something different to make……..Love the concept, I hope I get a small piece.
Aimee Berrett says
I wish I had some left to share with you!
sadie esplin says
This looks AMAZING and I am so excited to have a reason to make it! First day of spring? Does that count?
Aimee Berrett says
That’s totally a valid reason to make cake 🙂
Becky @ Project Domestication says
This is so-over-the-top delicious! My husband is a PB lover and he would love this cake, too! YUM.