Flourless Peanut Butter Cake With Chocolate Buttercream

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup natural-style peanut butter
• 1 cup packed dark brown sugar
• 1/2 cup skim milk
• 1/4 cup canola oil
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 4 large eggs, separated
• 1 cup salted butter, softened
• 1 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 4 ounces semisweet chocolate or 4 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted
• 1/4 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f line two cake pans with parchment paper.
• 2 in a mixing bowl, beat together peanut butter, sugar, milk, oil, egg yolks, vanilla, baking soda, baking powder, and salt until combined.
• 3 thoroughly clean and dry mixing beaters. in a small separate mixing bowl, whip egg whites to stiff peaks.
• 4 gently fold egg whites into rest of ingredients until well-incorporated.
• 5 divide batter evenly between cake pans. bake for about 24 minutes. remove cake from oven and let cool completely before frosting.
• 6 to prepare buttercream frosting, beat butter until fluffy. add powdered sugar and beat until creamy. add chocolate and vanilla.
• 7 gently flip one cake over onto serving plate. frost top of bottom layer. gently flip out second layer over the first. frost entire cake and decorate as desired.