Peanut Butter Swirl Bundt Cake
Peanut Butter Swirl Bundt Cake | An awesome cake with swirls of chocolate and peanut butter. So if you’re a fan of peanut butter cups then you’re totally in with this cake!
Don’t you just love the simplicity of a bundt cake? Sometimes they’re also referred to as pound cakes. No layers to mess with and not too much frosting. Perfect for a ladies tea or a potluck. You can also freeze them…without the frosting of coarse. Love…love….love this cake!
Peanut Butter Swirl Bundt Cake
Yield:
Serves 12 to 15
Prep Time:
30 minutes
Cook Time:
1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time:
2 hours
Ingredients
For the Cake:
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 (8ounce) package cream cheese, softened
- 3 cups granulated sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 6 large eggs
- 3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup PLUS 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream, divided
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 (4ounce) bar semi sweet chocolate, chopped
For the Chocolate Glaze:
- 2 (4ounce) bars semi sweet chocolate, chopped
- 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
Instructions
For the Cake:
- Preheat oven to 325°.
- Spray a 12 to 15 cups bundt pan with non stick cooking spray with flour.
- In a large mixing bowl whip together the butter, peanut butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add the vanilla until combined.
- Add eggs one at ta time, beating well after each addition.
- In a medium bowl whisk together the flour, baking power and salt.
- Gradually add flour mixture to the butter mixture alternately with 1 cup of cream, beating just until combined.
- In a medium bowl, reserve 3 cups of batter.
- To the reserved batter, add the remaining 3 tablespoons heavy cream and cocoa powder, stirring until smooth.
- Stir in melted chocolate.
- Add a layer of peanut butter batter around the bottom of the pan, then a chocolate layer; repeat this a second time ending with a third layer of the peanut butter batter.
TIP: You should end up with three layers of the peanut butter batter and 2 layers of the chocolate.
- Gently swirl batter together with a knife.
- Bake 1 hours and 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted near the center comes out clean.
- Let cool in pan for 10 minutes; run a knife around the edges; including the inside tube.
- Remove from pan and let cool completely on a wire rack.
- Spoon Chocolate Glaze over cake.
- Garnish with peanuts.
For the Chocolate Glaze:
- In a small microwave safe bowl combine the chocolate and cream.
- Heat until melted; stir until the mixture is smooth.
- Use immediately.
MORE BUNDT CAKE RECIPES
RASPBERRY SWIRL BUNDT CAKE 2. SEMI HOMEMADE TRIPLE CHOCOLATE BUNDT CAKE 3. CRUNCHY PUMPKIN CINNAMON BUNDT CAKE
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