A cake stand displaying a Chocolate peanut butter cake with a few slices removed, showing the layers inside. This Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake includes layers of chocolate cake and creamy peanut butter cake frosting, covered in a decadent chocolate frosting.
Add some Reese’s peanut butter cups for a truly delectable cake! Try my Hershey’s Chocolate Cake, Missippi Mud Cake, or Berry Cake! How to make Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake: Combine dry ingredients: sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a large mixing bowl. Add wet ingredients: eggs, milk, oil, and vanilla and beat on medium speed for about 2 minutes. Dry cake batter ingredients added to a mixing bowl, then milk, eggs and vanilla added. Boiling water added to chocolate cake batter, then the batter in a round cake pan, ready to bake.
A baked round chocolate cake layer being cut in half horizontally with a serrated knife. A round baked cake layer with peanut butter frosting smoothed over it, then three more layers of chocolate cake added on top with peanut butter frosting between the layers. A layered round chocolate cake with chocolate frosting. A round layered Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake decorated with Reese’s peanut butter cups on top.
Bake at 350 degrees F for 35 to 40 minutes. Cool before frosting with a layer of peanut butter frosting. Refrigerate to harden the frosting, then add a layer of chocolate frosting, if desired. Bake cupcakes for 22 to 25 minutes. I think it’s fun to scoop a small piece of cake out of the center of each cupcake and pipe some peanut butter frosting in the center. Then frost the cupcakes with chocolate frosting and add a mini Reese’s cup on top. Bundt Cake: Properly grease and flour the pan and cook the chocolate cake for about 50-55 minutes.
Cool for 15 minutes in the pan before inverting onto a wire cooling rack. Frosting alternating lines of chocolate and peanut butter frosting. Make Ahead and Freezing Instructions: To Make Ahead: The baked cake and frostings can be made a day or two in advance. Wrap cakes tightly, and store frosting in an airtight container. Allow frosting to come to room temperature before using.