The cake was very easy to put together and smelled delicious while baking. I was a bit taken back by the 6 sticks of butter in the frosting recipe, but stuck to the recipe as stated. I think in the future I will cut back on the butter a bit. The peanut butter taste came through, even though there is only a 1/2 cup of peanut butter in the frosting, but I found the frosting too rich, too buttery. Even my hubby, who seldom finds anything "too much" said the frosting was extremely rich.
The cake is fudge-like, almost like a brownie. The chocolate flavor is deep and intense. It was moist and delicious! I will use this devil's food cake recipe the next time I need a chocolate cake to impress.
So, thanks again Holly! I loved it, and would definitely make it again.Head over to Sweet Melissa Sunday's if you would like to see what the other SMS bakers thought
pretty! I agree though, the frosting was too much!
ReplyDeleteI want your cake..now! That is how I visioned mine to turn out but I really messed it up not putting the coffee or liquid to replace it in. The Peanut butter frosting was so good and I think I could eat it by the spoonfuls!I love how dark and rich your cake looks!
ReplyDeleteYums! Your cake came out so nice and dark!! Very very delicious looking.
ReplyDeleteYour did a great job with this cake!
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Your cake looks great. YUM.
ReplyDeleteSusan - Welcome Back!
ReplyDeleteYour cake looks beautiful!!! I ended up using Karen's recipe for the frosting. I couldn't bring myself to use SIX sticks of butter.
I'm glad someone stuck to the original frosting recipe so we could see if it actually worked.
ReplyDeleteI love your cake, so pretty!
Katie xox
Your cake looks beautiful! The frosting, may have been too much, but is looks dreamy and creamy.
ReplyDeleteYour cake looks amazing!
ReplyDeleteSusan--welcome back! Your cake looks delicious!! Beautiful job. 6 sticks of butter?? YIKES!!
ReplyDeleteIf this tastes as good as it looks then it must be delicious! :)
ReplyDeletei skipped the frosting because the cake itself was moist and rich, plus i'm just not a fan of 6 sticks of butter in my frosting :)
ReplyDeleteLovely layer cake, definitely a good one to come back with! I made a modified version of the frosting and loved it; I definitely recommend more peanut butter and less butter.
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