Flourless Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Icing
A totally flour-less chocolate cake with peanut butter icing and a decadent chocolate “ganache” – made even better with raspberries and bananas!
Ooh – today I am super psyched (not psycho) to have been invited by Becca from It’s Yummi to a party with 26 fellow bloggers!
Now – this isn’t just any party; this party, hosted by Carla from Chocolate Moosey and Miriam from Overtime Cook, is over flowing with some special eats and treats!
Eats and treats that are chock full of…CHOCOLATE…AND…PEANUT BUTTER!!! 😯
Both – in one – (yesssss…I am giddy) as today, we are celebrating Chocolate Peanut Butter Day 2.0! We even have a hashtag: #ChocPBDay
Now, IMO, chocolate + peanut butter = a marriage made in heaven – kinda like Alice and Dale Rockey’s. Though chocolate and peanut butter have been enjoyed here in the States for more years than the Rockeys have been married, my love affair with it started about 5 years ago.
Growing up, I never had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich; in fact, I don’t recall ever having a peanut butter and chocolate cup back then, either. When I came to Atlanta to attend college, I was always puzzled by the jars of peanut butter my roommates worked their spoons through. But, a few years ago, I finally gave into curiosity and grabbed a jar of peanut butter to add to my oatmeal. As fate would have it, a few chocolate chips fell off of a chocolate oatmeal muffin I had made for my daughter, and, landed in my oatmeal…and…while I don’t believe in love at first sight…this was love at first bite!
As my daughter and I have a nasty sweet tooth – I try to come up with some somewhat better-for-us treats.
Somewhere along the line, I came across a flour-less chocolate cake, and while I don’t remember where I first saw it, or, for that matter, what the recipe exactly was, I have immensely enjoyed eating my experiments!
This cake isn’t the prettiest (I think I am gonna need to sign up for some cake decorating classes soon). What this cake is is a simple flour-less chocolate cake – no oat flour, no rice flour, no flour – period. Just eggs, cocoa, brown sugar, melted dark chocolate and butter (and some vanilla and salt – which are optional). I have substituted coconut oil for butter in some versions – with the result being a less dense, though – still tasty, cake.
The icing on this is simply a peanut butter, confectioners sugar, and coconut oil concoction – topped with some decadent chocolate and coconut oil “ganache”. My daughter suggested topping this with some fruit, to make it seem that this would be truly “better-for-us”, but, those bananas and raspberries certainly upped the taste actor of this cake!
If you happen to be just as psyched as I am about chocolate + peanut butter; please check out these other fabulous chocolate and peanut butter recipes by fellow bloggers! Don’t worry, I won’t think you are psycho to make them and eat them all – unless, you don’t invite me over!
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bites by Carla from Chocolate Moosey
Peanut Butter Cup Cookies by Miriam from Overtime Cook
Chocolate Peanut Butter Twix Cake by Susan from The Girl In The Little Red Kitchen
{Healthy} Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oat Bars by Kayle from The Cooking Actress
Chocolate Drizzled Peanut Butter Tiger Paws by Renee from Kudos Kitchen by Renee
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Dip by Becca from It’s Yummi
Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cake by Erin from The Spiffy Cookie
No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Pie by Lisa from Snappy Gourmet
Espresso Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting and a Rum Drizzle by Barb from Creative Culinary
Chocolate Peanut Butter Tandy Cake by Cindy from Cindy’s Recipes and Writings
Chocolate-Glazed Peanut Butter-Stuffed Doughnuts by Coleen from The Redhead Baker
4 Ingredient Chocolate & Peanut Butter Candy by Colleen from Souffle Bombay
Ganache-Stuffed Peanut Butter Bars by Karen from The Food Charlatan
Microwave Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Pancakes by Taylor from Food Faith Fitness
Flourless Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Icing by Shashi from Runnin Srilankan
Chocolate Filled Peanut Butter Cookie Cups by Stacy from Food Lust People Love
Peanut Butter Filled Chocolate Lava Cakes by Anita from Hungry Couple
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Ice Cream by Renee from Magnolia Days
Crispy Chocolate Peanut Butter Energy Bites by Lauren from Healthy Delicious
Tagalong Dip by Liz from That Skinny Chick Can Bake
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake Nancy from gotta get baked
Small Batch Chocolate Peanut Butter Doughnuts by Sarah from What Smells So Good?
Funky Monkey Banana Chocolate Peanut Butter Energy Balls by Brianne from Cupcakes & Kale Chips
Chocolate Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies by Diane from Created by Diane
Chocolate, Peanut Butter, & Roasted Banana Shake by Jennie from The Messy Baker
Chocolate Peanut Butter Magic Bars by Jen from Jen’s Favorite Cookies
Chocolate Doughnuts with Peanut Butter Glaze by Lauren from Lauren Kelly Nutrition
Ingredients
FOR THE CAKE:
- 1 stick butter softened 1/2 cup
- 2/3 cup brown sugar
- 6 eggs
- 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 12 oz semi sweet or dark chocolate melted 30 second intervals in the microwave
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- dash of salt
FOR THE ICING:
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 2 cups confectioners sugar
- 3 tablespoons coconut oil melted by microwaving for 20 seconds
FOR THE GANACHE:
- 1/4 cup coconut oil
- 1 cup dark or semi sweet chocolate
- TOPPING- raspberries bananas, peanut butter chips
Instructions
FOR THE CAKE:
- Preheat oven to 350
- Line 2 8 or 9 inch round trays with parchment paper
- Using an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugar
- Add the eggs – one at a time, mixing after each one
- Fold in the cocoa powder and melted chocolate and vanilla and salt
- Bake for 35 minutes
- And let cool
FOR THE ICING:
- Using an electric mixer, beat the peanut butter, confectioners sugar, and coconut oil till well blended
FOR THE GANACHE:
- In a saucepan, melt the coconut oil and chocolate chips, stirring frequently
- TO ASSEMBLE
- Place a thin layer of icing on one chocolate cake
- Top with the other one
- Then spread the remaining icing all over the cake
- Pour the ganache on top of the cake
- And decorate with raspberries, bananas, chocolate or peanut butter chips
I love flourless chocolate cake! What a great idea to use peanut butter icing with it!
Thanks so much Coleen!
Choc and PB is the BEST combo! Love this and all of these fabulous recipes!
Thanks so much Ashley!
A very beautiful and tempting cake! Who could ever resist the combo of chocolate and peanut butter? I surely can’t.
Thanks so much Angie!
I think you decorated this cake beautifully, Shashi! It looks beyond incredible! Totally agree, chocolate and peanut butter is the ultimate combo and I love the bananas and raspberries you added on top! The flourless cake makes this even more irresistible! <3 it!
You are so sweet – thank you so much Kelly! xx
Because flourless chocolate cakes are such a big thing at Passover, I’m well familiar with them. But adding peanut butter is just brilliant. Brilliant I tell you! I’ll be doing that from now on!
Thanks so much Anita!
This looks amazing! I love all of your pictures, the cake looks so moist and the frostings are lovely 🙂 definitely checking out a ton of those recipes… I have like 50 tabs open now 🙂
Haha – Thank you so very much Medha!
OMG I’m going to spend the next hour going through all those recipes. Your cake looks amazing!!! And, like you, it wasn’t until I moved out of Australia that I discovered the wonders of peanut butter and chocolate. PB is a rare foodie love in Australia!
When I was in Sri lanka – I don’t ever remember hearing about it either! None of my friends even brought a PB&J sandwich for lunch – ever! Funny eh?!
By the way – thanks so much Tara!
Not the prettiest?! You crazy! I think it looks gorgeous, and ohhhhhhh so good. But I’d have to replace the PB with AB 😛 And I never had a nut butter and jelly sandwich growing up either. In fact, I don’t think I had my first taste of almond butter until I was around 24 or 25… I thought I was allergic to ALL nuts when I was growing up, so I’m kind of over the moon that that wasn’t the case! #pinned
Aww shucks – thanks so much Amanda!
Hey – are you allergic to pistachios? I saw another blogger make pistachio butter earlier this week – and I remember having a pistachio cake once in NYC where they had used pistachio paste – this cake was phenomenal!
Shashi! This is seriously one of the best looking cakes I’ve seen in a long time. Cake decorating classes? No way! Save the money on those and just send me a slice of this cake instead. And lil Shashi’s idea of topping this with fresh fruit is golden…we’ll make a food blogger out of her yet! 🙂
P.S. I love peanut butter sandwiches…but no jelly. I don’t like jelly mixing in there with my peanut butter. Go figure.
Oh David – you are way too kind! Thank you my friend! But I’m thinking that lemon coconut cake you made was on the top of the list of best looking cakes I’ve seen!
Dude – you don’t like jelly on your PB’s??? How about bananas and honey and PB on bread that is then put on the stove top or grill – oooh ooey gooey pb and honey and nananers…please tell me you are a fan….
Now, here is the chocolate and peanut butter Shashi I know! Loving your healthy-ish twist with coconut oil in this flourless chocolate cake–a favorite at our house. Cannot wait to try your recipe, girl. Thank you for sharing and enjoy the rest of your week!
Hahaha – Oh Stacy! Thank you!!! You know me too well!!! On those days I don’t post PB & Chocolate recipes, just know that I eat PB & chocolate oatmeal 5 mornings a week! 🙂
Hope you have a wonderful week too, sweet friend! xx
So pumped to be celebrating the tastiest day of the year with you lady! Now how about you send over about 10 slices of this cake, and no one gets hurt? 😀 Pinned!
Haha – I was so psyched to get in on this party!!!! By the way – send me your pancakes and we have a deal!!! – cool???
Oh and – I saw your reply about Chopped!!!! Oh my goodness!!!! I am so so so happy for you!!! So when will you know???? When are the tryouts???? OOOH – I sure hope you get selected!!! I cannot wait….please please do let us know so we can watch!!!
I’m totally pysched about chocolate and peanut butter. I have a whole Pinterest board dedicated to it!
This looks amazing Shashi! Love that you were able to make it without flour. I’ve gotta try.
Have a blessed and beautiful Wednesday!
Thanks so much Melanie! I gotta stalk out your Pinterest boards to see your PB & Chocolate collection – you know, I could never have enough of these two! 🙂
I hope you have a wonderful and blessed rest of the week too!
xx
Peanut butter and chocolate is my favorite flavor combination of ALL TIME. This cake is heavenly!
Thanks so much Joanne!
That looks so rich and fudgy and incredible!
Thanks so much Renee!
Oh my this looks heavenly. I love all things peanut butter and chocolate
Me too!!! Thank you Allie! 🙂
Beautiful cake, Shashi! I love the fruit on there. Delicious!
Thanks so much Cindy – yes, the fruit complemented the PB and chocolate so well!