Cake Recipes
Buckeye Cake
Decadent and rich, this moist Buckeye Cake is layered with a creamy peanut butter filling and chocolate ganache topping is sure to delight friends and family.
Yield: 8 servings
Elegant in appearance but easy to make, Krista Linegar of Willits, CA created this Grand Prize Winning cake because it reminded her of her Grandma’s Buckeye candies.
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 large eggs
- 1 1/4 cups granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 3 packets (1 ounce each) Nestlé® Toll House® Choco Bake® Pre-Melted Unsweetened Chocolate Flavor
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
Peanut Butter Layer
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup powdered sugar
Ganache
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream
- 2 cups (12 ounce package) Nestlé® Toll House® Semi-Sweet Chocolate Morsels
Drizzle
- 1/3 cup Nestlé® Toll House® Peanut Butter & Milk Chocolate Morsels
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease 9 inch round cake pan. Line bottom of pan with parchment paper; grease.
Cake
- Combine eggs and sugar in large bowl.
- Stir in flour, melted butter, Choco Bake, vanilla extract and salt until smooth. Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Cool on wire rack for 5 minutes.
- Run knife around edge of cake; cool for an additional 10 minutes.
- Invert cake onto serving platter. Remove pan and parchment; cool completely.
Peanut Butter Layer
- Beat peanut butter, butter and vanilla extract in medium mixer bowl until combined.
- Gradually beat in powdered sugar. Spread mixture on cake.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes.
Ganache
- Heat cream in small saucepan to boiling; remove from heat.
- Add semi-sweet morsels; let stand for 5 minutes.
- Stir; refrigerate for 30 minutes or until mixture is spreadable.
- Spread chocolate on top and sides of cake.
Drizzle
- Melt peanut butter and milk chocolate morsels in resealable plastic bag on MEDIUM-HIGH (70%) power for 30 seconds. Knead bag to mix. If necessary, microwave at additional 10 to 15 second intervals until melted.
- Cut a small hole from corner of bag; squeeze to drizzle over cake.
- Store in refrigerator.
- Let stand for 30 minutes before serving.
Attribution
Recipe and photo used with permission from: Nestlé and Meals.com