Chocolate-Peanut Butter Mousse Cake

Name: Chocolate-Peanut Butter Mousse Cake
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 517 grams package devils food cake mix without pudding; 1 Tbsp butter or margarine; 283 grams package peanut butter morsels; 6 servings Garnish: chopped roasted peanuts; 158 milliliters semisweet chocolate morsels; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 591 milliliters whipping cream, divided

For $1.53 per serving, this recipe covers 27% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 6. Watching your figure? This gluten free recipe has 1246 calories, 29g of protein, and 85g of fat per serving. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. A mixture of whipping cream, devil's food cake mix without pudding, semisweet chocolate morsels, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful.

Instructions

Prepare cake mix according to package directions.

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Cake Mix

Pour into 2 lightly greased 8-inch round cakepans.

Bake according to package directions. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes.

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Oven

Remove from pans, and cool completely.

Combine 2/3 cup whipping cream and peanut butter morsels in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until morsels melt and mixture is smooth; remove saucepan from heat. Stir in vanilla extract, and cool 25 minutes.

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Vanilla Extract

Whipping Cream

Peanut Butter

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Sauce Pan

Beat 1 1/3 cups whipping cream at high speed with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Stir one-third whipped cream into peanut butter mixture. Fold into remaining whipped cream.

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Whipping Cream

Peanut Butter

Whipped Cream

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Hand Mixer

Spread between cake layers; cover and chill.

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Spread

Bring remaining 1/2 cup whipping cream and 1 tablespoon butter to a boil in a small saucepan.

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Whipping Cream

Butter

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Sauce Pan

Add chocolate morsels; remove from heat, and let stand 5 minutes. Stir until morsels melt and mixture is smooth.

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Chocolate Chips

Pour glaze over cake; garnish, if desired.

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Glaze

Serve warm, or chill and serve at room temperature.

Cut cooled cake layers into cubes.

Layer 8 Parfait glasses evnly with two-thirds peanut butter mixture, cake cubes, and half of cocolate mixture. Top with remaining peanut butter mixture and chocolate mixture; sprinkle each parfait with chopped peanuts, if desired.

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Peanut Butter

Chocolate