Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cake

Name: Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cake
Yield: Serves 12
Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups (7 1/2 ounces/213 grams), all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon, baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon, baking powder; 1/4 teaspoon, salt; 1 1/4 cups boiling, water; 4 ounces (113 grams), unsweetened chocolate, chopped; 1/2 cup (1 1/2 ounces/43 grams), Dutch-processed cocoa powder; 1 teaspoon, instant espresso powder or instant coffee powder; 10 tablespoons, unsalted butter, softened; 1 1/2 cups packed (10 1/2 ounces/298 grams), light brown sugar; 3 , large eggs, room temperature; 1/2 cup, sour cream, room temperature; 1 teaspoon, vanilla extract; 1 recipe, Peanut Butter Buttercream; 4 ounces (113 grams), bittersweet chocolate, chopped; 4 tablespoons, unsalted butter, cut into 4 pieces; 2 tablespoons, light corn syrup; 1 , recipe Homemade Candied Peanuts

Desserts or Baked Goods
Chocolate
Cakes

Appears in Cook's Country February/March 2018

Sweeten your day with this cake’s lavish chocolate layers, peanut butter frosting, and delicious drizzle of dark chocolate.

SERVES 12

TIME 1¾ hours, plus 2 hours cooling and 20 minutes setting

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