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
What do you mean that cake isn’t pretty??? Come over here to Australia and look at it from our angle and you’ll see that it’s really lovely. 🙂
Looking forward to the sweet collaboration!
Haha – I am buying my ticket right now! 🙂
Thanks Maureen!
What a gorgeous cake! I could eat that frosting with a spoon…
I almost did too! 🙂 Thanks Marissa
HOLY MOLY! I thought, “did she seriously just make this right now” you are making me drool. This is award-winning!
You are too kind – thank you so much Kelsey!
Chocolate + peanut butter is just the best combo! What a great party theme! This looks absolutely fantastic Shashi – I have zero desserts in the house right now (grocery shopping tomorrow) and it is killing me! haha This is not helping 🙂
Haha – this actually happened because we were out of frozen yogurt (our go to dessert) and chocolate! Thanks btw!
This is glorious!! I just want it all!! Love the chocolate peanut butter combo!
Thanks Sam – PB +Chocolate is pretty darn glorious indeed!
I love all the strawberries on there–this cake looks so delicious! <3 And what do you mean not pretty?!? o_o If that's not pretty and you need cake decorating classes, I would probably flunk said classes and have to do remedial work. :O!
Oh Farrah – you are way too kind – I so appreciate your sweet comment – thanks so much!
Very good cake!
Thanks so much!
I’ve never liked pb sandwiches, but pb and chocolate treats are a whole other story! Your flourless cake with that thick layer of ganache is irresistible!!!
Thanks so much Liz!
Oh my goodness this is absolutely stunning. I am honestly at a loss for words right now! Pinning and will most likely be making for Easter dessert! 🙂
I will be beyond psyched if you end up making this for Easter! Thank you Selena!
YUM!! And, so excited to check out all of the peanut butter chocolate recipes!!!
It’s total foodporn, Kim! 🙂
Yayyy–welcome to the side of being OBSESSED with pb & chocolate. You totally made the right choice with this cake–flourless chocolate cakes are always decadence personified and that pb icing is to diiiie for
Thanks so much Kayle! You sure are right – flourless cakes just make the chocolate shine through! 🙂
Oh my GOSH, Shashi–I’m so glad you got to try and become addicted to the chocolate and PB combo! Seriously though, right? It’s a sweet tooth’s MUST. I almost fell out of my chair when I saw your cake, by the way. That icing and moist cake!! You seriously need to sign me up for this, because otherwise I might just sign myself up and show up uninvited 😉 love love love your blog! Cheers!
Oh my – you are so right!!! PB + Chocolate is a sweet tooth’s must!!! Haha – come on over lady – there’s plenty for you too 😉
By the way – thank you so much for your sweet comment!
Who doesn’t love the combo of chocolate and peanut butter? One of my favorites. Your cake looks spectacular. And wouldn’t be safe if I was around. 😉 Really good — thanks.
Haha – thanks so much KR!
What a fantastic cake my friend. Can you send a slice over here asap please?
Thanks so much my friend – a slice is in the mail to ya! But, you might not get it if you happen to have David’s post-lady 😉
Wow! There’s really no flour in this? I would have never guessed! It is gorgeous and I’m betting it tastes just as good as it looks!
Thanks so much Lisa!!!
I love that you topped yours with fruit! I so rarely add fruit to my peanut butter creations but it sounds great and would make it seem less sinful haha.
Haha – the illusion of less sinful can be powerful 🙂
thanks so much Erin!