Chocolate-Peanut Butter Mousse Cake
(from Lucianolinda’s recipe box)
Source: Southern Living-Linda Stewart, Clemmons, North Carolina
Categories: Cake- tortes
Ingredients
- 1 (18.25 oz.) pkg. devil's food cake mix without pudding
- 2 1/2 cups whipping cream, divided
- 1 (10 oz.) pkg. peanut butter morsels
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
- 1 Tbsp. butter or margarine
- 2/3 cup semisweet chocolate morsels
- Garnish: chopped roasted peanuts
Directions
- Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Pour into 2 lightly greased 8-inch round cake pans. Bake according to package directions. Cool in pans on wire racks 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and cool completely.
- Combine 2/3 cup whipping cream and peanut butter morsels in a small saucepan. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until morsels melt and mixture is smooth; remove saucepan from heat. Stir in vanilla extract, and cool 25 minutes.
- Beat 1 1/3 cups whipping cream at high speed with an electric mixer until soft peaks form. Stir 1/3 whipping cream into peanut butter mixture. Fold into remaining whipping cream. Spread between cake layers; cover and chill.
- Bring remaining 1/3 cup whipping cream and 1 Tbsp. butter to a boil in a small saucepan. Add chocolate morsels; remove from heat, and let stand 5 minutes. Stir until morsels melt and mixture is smooth.
- Pour glaze over cake; garnish, if desired. Serve warm, or chill and serve at room temperature.
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Chocolate-Peanut Butter Mousse Parfaits:
- Cut cooled cake layers into cubes. Layer 8 parfait glasses evenly with 2/3 peanut butter mixture, cake cubes, and half of chocolate mixture; sprinkle each parfait with chopped peanuts, if desired.
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rves 8.