Chocolate Peanut Butter Bundt Cake
Chocolately, peanut buttery bundt cake with a chocolate and a peanut butter ganache - the perfect cake.
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)
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.