Ultimate Chocolate Peanut Butter Torte

Name: Ultimate Chocolate Peanut Butter Torte
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters butter, melted, plus more for pan; 118 milliliters chocolate chips; 59 milliliters confectioners sugar; 4 eggs; 237 milliliters all-purpose flour; 59 milliliters peanut butter, plus 2 tablespoons, heated in microwave at 10 second intervals for easy spreading; 237 milliliters chopped peanut butter cups, about 8 pieces (recommended: Reeses); 1 teaspoons salt; 473 milliliters sugar; 237 milliliters unsweetened cocoa; 4 teaspoons vanilla extract; 118 milliliters warm water, plus more as needed

Ultimate Chocolate Peanut Butter Torte might be just the dessert you are searching for. One serving contains 645 calories, 10g of protein, and 34g of fat. This recipe serves 8. This recipe covers 12% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up eggs, salt, confectioners' sugar, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350 F. Butter 2 (8-inch) circular pans and line with parchment paper.

Ingredients you will need

Butter

Equipment you will use

Baking Paper

Oven

In a medium bowl combine the 1 cup melted butter and cocoa and stir until the cocoa is dissolved.

Ingredients you will need

Butter

Cocoa Powder

Equipment you will use

Bowl

Add the sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, and mix well.

Ingredients you will need

Sugar

Add the eggs, 1 at a time, and mix until incorporated. Stir in the vanilla, flour and salt and combine until the flour is no longer visible. Fold in the chopped peanut butter cups and divide the mixture between the pans.

Ingredients you will need

Peanut Butter Cups

Vanilla

All Purpose Flour

Egg

Salt

Bake for approximately 25 minutes, then remove from the oven and set aside to cool.

Equipment you will use

Oven

Run a knife around the edge of each pan and turn out onto a work surface.

Equipment you will use

Knife

Frying Pan

Put 1 cake layer on a cake plate or a round platter.

Spread the 1/4 cup of peanut butter over the first layer and top with the second layer. In a bowl, combine the remaining 2 tablespoons of peanut butter, the confectioners' sugar and water until a glaze forms.

Ingredients you will need

Powdered Sugar

Peanut Butter

Glaze

Water

Equipment you will use

Bowl

Add more water, if needed, to achieve desired glaze consistency.

Ingredients you will need

Glaze

Water

Pour the glaze on top of the torte, spreading it out with a small knife allowing it to drip over the sides. Melt the chocolate chips in a double boiler and drizzle over the glaze.

Ingredients you will need

Chocolate Chips