Brown Sugar Cake with Peanut Buttercream and Brittle Topping

Name: Brown Sugar Cake with Peanut Buttercream and Brittle Topping
Prep time: 1 h 17 min
Cook time: 1 h 17 min
Total time: 1 h 17 min
Yield: 42
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon baking powder; 473 milliliters firmly packed light brown sugar; 1 Tbsp butter; 355 milliliters butter, softened; 710 milliliters sifted cake flour; 6 larges eggs; 237 milliliters milk; 2 Tbsps milk; 42 servings Old-Fashioned Peanut Brittle; 42 servings Peanut Buttercream; 118 milliliters semisweet chocolate morsels; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

This recipe serves 42. One portion of this dish contains approximately 3g of protein, 10g of fat, and a total of 170 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour and 17 minutes. Head to the store and pick up baking powder, vanillan extract, butter, and a few other things to make it today.

Instructions

Prepare Old-Fashioned Peanut Brittle.

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Peanuts

Beat 1 1/2 cups butter at medium speed with an electric mixer until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating 7 minutes or until fluffy.

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Butter

Sugar

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Hand Mixer

Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until yellow disappears.

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Egg

Combine flour and baking powder.

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Baking Powder

All Purpose Flour

Combine milk and vanilla. Gradually add alternately to butter mixture, beginning and ending with flour mixture. Beat at low speed just until blended after each addition.

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Vanilla

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Milk

Spread batter into 2 greased and floured 9" cakepans.

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Spread

Bake at 350 for 24 to 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes.

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Oven

Remove from pans; cool on wire racks.

Break one-fourth of Old-Fashioned Peanut Brittle into 1 1/2" to 2" pieces.

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Peanuts

Place an additional one-fourth of brittle in a large zip-top freezer bag; crush into coarse crumbs using a mallet or rolling pin. Reserve remaining brittle for another use.

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Rolling Pin

Spread Peanut Buttercream between layers and on top and sides of cake. Press coarsely crushed brittle onto sides of cake.

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Peanuts

Spread

Place chocolate morsels, milk, and 1 tablespoon butter in a small glass bowl. Microwave on HIGH 1 minute. Stir until smooth. Dip ends of peanut brittle pieces in chocolate ganache; place on wax paper to harden.

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Chocolate Chips

Chocolate

Butter

Peanuts

Milk

Dip

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Microwave

Wax Paper

Bowl

Drizzle remaining ganache over cake. Arrange dipped brittle on top of cake.

Make-Ahead Note: Prepare the peanut brittle and cake layers a day ahead, or make the entire cake a day ahead. Either way, add chocolate-dipped brittle just before serving.

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Chocolate

Peanuts