This chocolate peanut butter mousse cake is one of my favorites; a Marye Audet original…and a classic. It all started when Ethan wanted a special cake for his birthday a few years ago. He wasn’t sure what he wanted but wanted something “different”. The chocolate peanut butter mousse cake was born…and it was an instant hit.
Deep, rich chocolate cake topped with a creamy, fluffy peanut butter mousse and then gilded with a layer of dense chocolate ganache. Perfection? You will have to decide. We thought it was.
This will make a 13 x 9 inch cake but should serve at least 24 people. Maybe more, depending on what your RFT ( rich foods tolerance) is.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Mousse cake should be kept in the refrigerator, but be sure to take it out about 30 minutes to an hour before you want to serve it.
Rich, dark chocolate cake topped with a cloud of peanut butter mousse and glazed with chocolate ganache. Think of it as a peanut butter cup on steroids
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 1-3/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup Scharffen Berger Cocoa
- 2 oz bittersweet chocolate chopped
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1-1/2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup milk
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup boiling water
- 2 cups creamy peanut butter
- 8 oz cream cheese
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup cream
- 12 ozs bittersweet chocolate, chopped
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 13 x 9 inch pan
- Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl.
- Melt butter. Stir in chocolate until smooth and melted.
- Add eggs, milk,chocolate mixture, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes.
- Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.
- Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely.
- Beat the peanut butter and cream cheese together until blended.
- Add sugar slowly, beating well until all the sugar is incorporated.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time, beating about 3 minutes after each addition.
- Add vanilla
- Bring cream just to a boil.
- Stir in chocolate until smooth.
- Cover with the peanut butter mousse. Chill
- Cover with a smooth layer of the ganache.
- Refrigerate about 4 hours before serving.
