1/2 cup (packed) golden brown sugar
340 gr bittersweet or semi-sweet chocolate, finely chopped
1/2 cup chunky peanut butter
Bring cream and sugar to simmer in saucepan, whisking to dissolve sugar.
Remove from heat. Add to chocolate; let stand 1 minute.
Whisk until smooth.
Whisk in peanut butter. Chill uncovered overnight.
Cake
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
10 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup chunky peanut butter
450 gr golden brown sugar
4 large eggs
1 sachet vanilla sugar
1 cup buttermilk
Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter three 9-inch-diameter cake pans
Sift first 4 ingredients into medium bowl.
Using electric mixer, beat butter and peanut butter in large bowl until blended.
Beat in sugars.
Beat in eggs, 1 at a time.
At low-speed, beat in flour mixture alternately with buttermilk. Start and finish with dry ingredients. Add 1-2 tablespoon buttermilk if needed.
Divide batter among pans and spread evenly.
Bake cakes until tester inserted into center comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool cakes 5 minutes. Turn out onto racks. Cool cakes completely.
Frosting
340 gr cream cheese, room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar
3/4 cup powdered sugar
6 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
1 sachet vanilla sugar
3/4 cup chilled heavy whipping cream
Using electric mixer, beat cream cheese, 1 cup powdered sugar, butter, and vanilla in large bowl to blend.
Whisk whipping cream and 3/4 cup powdered sugar in bowl until mixture holds medium-firm peaks.
Fold into cream cheese mixture in 3 additions; chill until firm but spreadable, about 1 hour.
Assembling the cake
Place 1 cake layer. Spread with half of filling. Place another layer. Spread with remaining filling. Top with remaining cake layer. Spread frosting over top and sides of cake.
GreenGirl
Not too little, not too much 
This looks ridiculously good!
it tastes much better than it looks
This cake looks amazing! I would love to take a bite or two…or maybe eat the entire thing. Yum!
the entire cake isn’t quite possible, but I still have more than half, shall I cut you a slice?
Wow, you have it going on green girl, great photos and cake, thanks for adding me as a friend, look forward to seeing your posts, you’re making me hungry right now for some for your amazing cake!
my pleasure Patty, thanks you for your nice words
wowser!!!! that is an incredible cake!!! not only is it beautiful but it has got to be soooooo very very tasty!!! Cut me off a large slice please!!
thanks so much for sharing!!
oh, chef Dennis, you are dissapointing me, I put away two big slices for you, and you only want one 😛
The cake looks incredibly delicious and great presentation. Thank you for sharing.
my pleasure and thanks for stopping by
Amazing cake…Love. love, love it:)
Thank you, thank you, thank you
I love the combination of peanut butter and chocolate. This is a cake after my heart. Looks wonderful!
I love chocolate and peanut butter too, was love at first taste few years ago 🙂
This looks so goooood!!!!!!
thank you
This cake looks absolutely delicious!
not just looks, it really is delicious
Cream cheese as a frosting! Interesting! I have never seen it done. I see that the days of baking early are long gone… *hopes…
I like cream cheese frosting, I’m not that crazy after royal icing or fondant. You never know, maybe baking early in the morning might come back
Such a beautiful cake~
Thanks
You are killing me with this cake. I might make this for my daughter’s birthday if they don’t eat all the peanut butter. I live in Bulgaria, so peanut butter is one of the items we have to ration. Thanks for sharing!
I made it for my daughter anniversary 🙂 I was born in Romania and as I hear lately they have to ration everything, not good news 😦
Wow. Wow WOW. This looks incredible!!!!! I made a few chocolate peanut butter cakes recently http://www.themessiekitchen.com/search/label/Peanut%20Butter but this one just… wow. I’m speechless!
thanks, I saw you cakes too, yummy, and I love the way you decorate them, I still have to work on that
Completely unreal! It looks like a Willy Wonka cake…who could resist!
your words make me blush, thanks you
That is one fabulous looking cake – love the way you’ve decorated it and for goodness sake, who doesn’t like chocolate and PB????
I kept asking myself the same thing : is there anyone oyt there who doesn’t like PB or chocolate? guess not
I love anything with chocolate and peanuts. This looks so good. This is one recipe I’m going to save.
I love chocolate and peanut butter too, I advise you to give it a try, you won’t regret
That is definitely a dreamy looking cake!! Yum YUM YUM!!!
thanks, you are so kind 🙂
My o my! This is such decadence! I could eat the picture right off the screen! Bookmarked for the next birthday cake I make! 🙂
Oh my, it’s a real honour for me that you will make my cake. Hope you all will enjoy it as much as we did 🙂
That looks so decadent and rich!!! I should make this for my coworkers sometime soon.
Your co-workes will be so happy 🙂
Oh my that is one beautiful cake!! I bet it was delicious. Thanks for posting the recipe I will definitely have to make this for my peanut butter and chocolate-loving family 🙂
you won’t regret it 🙂
This looks so good… great job decorating.
thanks, tho I have a lot to learn about decorating
you may have to bake another cake with all these great comments!! I see you got a 99 buzz too!! very much deserved, keep up the good work!
thanks to you i got 99 buzz
well, as much as I love baking a cake everyday, I have to keep an eye on my weight, hate that
de aratat arata grozav,cred ca e si foarte buna,imi place ,dar acum sunt in mare graba,am retinut reteta ,e pe gustul meu,cel putin la prima citire.keep in touch !
oho, lume noua, bine ai revenit 🙂
a fost foarte foarte bun, de fapt inca mai este ca mai am putin 😛
Oh that is a gorgeous cake! looks like it comes straight from the bakery, so beautiful.
Thank you Silvia, I tried to do my best tho, as i said, there are a lot of girls more talented than I’m.
This is amazing looking, I like that its peanut butter cake and chocolate icing!
I gave it a lot of thought before I started making it, and don’t regret a second since 🙂
I will take one, please … no, no, two. This looks incredible! Your picture of the sifting flour is incredible, you were able to capture the flecks of flour beautifully.
Thanks for your appreciation. I’m doing my best to capture all the details.
This cake would definitely satisfy my sweet tooth and love of chocolate & pb. 🙂 It’s a very cute cake… and happy belated anniversary!
Thanks, I thought it would satisfy my family needs too and now I’m looking to make something because the cake is long gone 🙂
The layers in this cake make it gorgeous! And I love how you document each step with photography. This is a great blog!
thank you very much, you are so very kind
The cake looks amazing.
Love the sifting flour photo.
LL
thank you Lory.
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