This cake is rich and moist and packed with flavour! You'll never want a different birthday cake again!
Cocoa Fudge Cake (The recipe below will make two 81/2 inch pans, so I doubled it for a four-tier cake)
-
1 2/3
cups
all-purpose flour or 2 cups cake flour
-
1 1/2
cups
white sugar
-
2/3
cups
cocoa
-
1/2
cups
vegetable oil
-
1 1/2
cups
buttermilk
(OR 2 Tbsp vinegar in 1 1/2 cups milk)
-
1 1/2
tsp
baking soda
-
1
tsp
salt
-
1
tsp
vanilla
-
2
eggs
Peanut Butter Buttercream (The recipe below will only be enough to cover a 2-layer cake, so I doubled it for a four-tier cake)
-
1
cup
unsalted butter
-
3-4
cups
sifted powdered sugar
-
1/4
tsp
salt
-
1
tbsp
vanilla extract
-
3-4
Tbsp
milk or heavy cream
(I always use cream with this recipe!)
-
1
cup
smooth peanut butter
Chocolate Ganache (As long as your cake is 8-10" round, this should be all you need no matter the height!)
-
1/2
cup
melted semi-sweet chocolate
-
1/2
cup
cream
Optional Toppings: Mini Reeses' Pieces, Mini Reeses' Peanut Butter Cups, and Reese's Peanut Butter cups, crushed.
If you wanted to have cocoa buttercream in place of, or in addition to the peanut butter buttercream (peanut buttercream?), just add 1/2 cup of cocoa instead of the peanut butter.