Peanut chocolate marble cake

The marble cake is in my opinion one of the most chic and elegant cakes that can be made. Although it is decorated on the outside, the real beauty of this cake comes from the marbled shape hidden inside.

If like me you have too much peanut butter at home, then this cake is the best way to use it. This chocolate peanut blend is a perfect balance between the strength of the cocoa and the slightly salty taste of the peanut.

The technical instruction for the marbled shape is how to pipe the cake. Once the two cakes are ready (peanut and chocolate), pipe a W in chocolate cake, then an M on top in peanut cake, and so on. The result will be really surprising!

Tools

• A cake mould

• Two pipping bags

Ingredients

For a 20 x 8 cm mould (8 by 3 inches)

Peanut cake

• 60 g butter (at room temperature), 1/3 cup

• 110 g caster sugar, 1 cup

• 50 g peanut butter, 1/4 cup

• 1 egg

• A pinch of salt

• 90 g heavy cream, 1/2 cup

• 95 g flour, 3/4 cup

• 3 g baking powder, 1 tsp

Chocolate cake

• 60 g butter (at room temperature), 1/3 cup

• 110 g caster sugar, 1 cup

• 15 g cocoa powder, 1/4

• 1 egg

• A pinch of salt

• 90 g heavy cream, 1/2 cup

• 95 g flour, 3/4 cup

• 3 g baking powder, 1 tsp

Chocolate glaze

• 300g dark chocolate, 1 3/4 cups

• 45g vegetable oil, 1/3 cup

• 60g peanuts, 1/2 cup

How To

Peanut cake

• Mix sugar and soft butter (at room temperature).

• Add peanut butter, egg and cream and mix.

• Add flour, salt and baking powder and mix until incorporated.

• Place in a pipping bag and set aside.

Chocolate cake

• Mix sugar and soft butter (at room temperature).

• Add the egg and cream and mix.

• Add flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder and mix until incorporated.

• Place in a pocket and set aside.

Assembly

• In a cake mould, pipe the peanut cake in a W shape and the chocolate cake in an M shape on top and so on.

• Preheat the oven to 175°C (350 ° F) and bake for 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes depending on the oven.

• When taken out of the oven, leave to cool to temperature, then put in the freezer for 30 minutes.

Glazing

• Melt the chocolate in a double boiler or a microwave.

• Add the vegetable oil and peanuts.

• Place the cake on a rack and glaze.

• Let the glaze drip off, then remove from the rack.

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