Grammy's Kitchen · Chocolate Cake · Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake
One of 76 chocolate cake recipes we measured
from sugarspunrun.com
It ranks #1 of 76 for crumb tenderness among the chocolate cake recipes we compared. 71 cooks on sugarspunrun.com rate it 5.0★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 76.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 585% | 101% |
| total sugar | 768% | 232% |
| brown sugar share of total sugar | 13% | 0% |
| egg | 48% | 48% |
| leavener | 3% | 4% |
| salt | 4% | 2% |
| liquid | 251% | 200% |
| dairy | 195% | 117% |
| chocolate | 84% | 67% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 210 g | 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour |
| 213 g | 1 cup light brown sugar (firmly packed ) |
| 200 g | 1 cup granulated sugar |
| 64 g | 3/4 cup dark cocoa powder |
| 7 g | 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda |
| 4 g | 3/4 teaspoon table salt |
| 114 g | 1/2 cup unsalted butter (melted ) |
| 145 g | 2/3 cup Avocado, vegetable or canola oil (you may substitute any neutral cooking oil ) |
| 100 g | 2 large eggs (room temperature preferred) |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
| 245 g | 1 cup buttermilk |
| 118 g | 1/2 cup very hot or boiling water |
| 454 g | 2 cups unsalted butter (softened ) |
| 516 g | 2 cups creamy peanut butter ((I do not recommend using a “natural” peanut butter/the kind where the oil separates)) |
| 1200 g | 6 cups powdered sugar |
| 9 g | 2 teaspoons vanilla extract |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon table salt |
| 46 g | 2-4 Tablespoons milk (I use whole milk, but you may substitute any milk you have on hand or even half and half or heavy cream) |
| 113 g | 4 oz semisweet chocolate (chocolate chips or a chopped baking bar will work ) |
| 119 g | 1/2 cup heavy cream |
Method: 21 steps, published by sugarspunrun.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“I absolutely LOOOVE this cake!! Personally, I prefer it without the ganache. I made it both ways. The first time I made it for me. I made it without the ganache and sprikled Resee's Cup crumbs and pieces on top of the peanut butter frosting. In the middl” — a cook, 5.0★
“I couldn't decorate the cake as well as you did, so I was a bit worried when I gave it to a close friend for her birthday, but then I got the feedback from several people who tried the cake. Apparently the cake tasted amazing. Thank you for the recipe and for” — a cook, 5.0★