Peanut Butter Chocolate Ganache Cake

Hello Monday!

And hello to you beautiful people. Feels like forever I haven’t shared a recipe here. It is time, then 😁 How have you been?

It’s Summer break here, so I have been occupied mostly with my kids. Them boys eat a lot at home, so I have been finding myself in the kitchen too often. Cleaning up mostly 😅 Cough, cough. I lied. Growing boys…..and mommy too, in the end 🤣🤣🤣🤣 They eat, I eat. They snack, I snack. They grow in height, I grow in width 🤣🤣🤣🤣

My husband took (almost) the whole week off, last week. So, yeah, I have been occupied with family, household, my animals, and my garden. Happy to say, I have bazillion zucchini growing 😍

Anyhoo!

For today’s recipe it is a fluffy, soft cake, of peanut butter and chocolate layers, with ganache in between. Yummo!

PB Layer

1 1/4 c flour
1/2 c sugar
3 tbsp PB and Me powder (peanut butter powder)
1 tsp BSoda
A pinch of salt
1 c water
1/4 c peanut oil
1 tbsp vanilla essence
1 tbsp vinegar

Chocolate Layer

1 1/4 c flour
1/2 c sugar
3 tbsp cocoa powder
1 tsp BSoda
A pinch of salt
1 c water
1/4 c peanut oil
1 tbsp vanilla essence
1 tbsp vinegar

Ganache

1 c heavy cream (33%)
1 3/4 – 2 c semi sweet chocolate chips

Per layer of the cakes, on a separate bowls, let’s do the peanut butter cake first. Place dry ingredients in bowl, pour in wet ingredients, mix until completely combined. Pour into a square cake pan, bake until a line inserted in center comes out clean (about 25-35 mins depending on your oven)

Now for the chocolate layer. Do the same steps.

Once peanut butter cake is done, take it out of the oven, do not peel off parchment paper. However, for the chocolate cake, do peel off the paper.

Once both cakes are cooled to room temperature, prepare the ganache!

Heat heavy cream for a minute, on high, then stir in chocolate chips, until completely melted. Place in fridge for 10-15 minutes, take out, stir again, until spreadable consistency

Now, place back peanut butter cake into the cake pan, spread ganache, then top with chocolate cake.

Chill cake for at least 2 H, slice and serve

Enjoy!