DIY Chocolate Peanut-butter cup cake Recipe

Part of my New Year’s resolution is to learn more recipes, and really try my hand out at cooking. Although I can’t take credit for this particular cake, I can say I am inspired to try my hand out at baking. Stay tuned!

But until then, this is the Chocolate Peanut-butter Cup chunk cake I enjoyed as a part of my birthday celebrations. I’ve posted and linked the recipe below.


Chocolate Peanut-butter cup cake Recipe Chocolate Peanut-butter cup cake Recipe
Chocolate Peanut-butter cup cake Recipe
Ingredients for Cake
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for pans
2 cups sugar
3/4 cups good cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 cup buttermilk, shaken
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 extra-large eggs, at room temperature
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 cup freshly brewed hot coffee

Directions can be found here: Beatty’s Chocolate Cake.

Ingredients for Frosting
2 tablespoons flour
3/4 cup milk
3/4 cup butter
3/4 cup sugar
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla

Directions
In a saucepan add a small amount of the milk to flour then stir to make a smooth paste. Add remaining milk. Cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat until mixture boils and thickens. Cool.Cream butter using medium speed of electric mixer. Gradually add sugar and salt; beat well. Add cooled milk mixture. Beat until light and fluffy; add vanilla. Frosts a two layer cake.

Once frosted, crumble peanut-butter cups throughout. Use as many as you’d like.

14 thoughts on “DIY Chocolate Peanut-butter cup cake Recipe

  1. Geez, I can’t get over how lovely these photos are! Especially the first close-up. I knew your photos were gorgeous from initially looking at them on my phone but on the big screen…just wow!

    Keep up the good work!! And I want to thank you for following my blog (where my amateur photography skills may make you cringe:)!!

    1. That is so nice of you Runnoffwriter! I am trying to take my blog in a new direction and focus on content as well as photos … you have some really interesting posts on your blog, and as I said – you’ve built a community on your site, something I need to learn from. 😀

  2. HAPPY BIRTHDAY…and HAPPY NEW YEAR. So you’re one of those New Year’s babies, I see. My brother’s birthday is today (the 14th) and my dad’s was the 2nd. Happy Capricorns.

    1. OOOH I hope your brother had a great birthday. Did you all do anything special to celebrate? 🙂

    1. Not just dark chocolate … but WITH peanut butter cups … so perfect 🙂 I think that is my weakness, for sure!

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