Ingredients

How to make it

  • Make Cake:
  • 1. Position rack in center of oven and preheat to 350ºF. Lightly butter
  • bottom and sides of a 9-inch round cake pan. Line with a circle of baking
  • parchment or waxed paper. Dust side of pan with flour and tap out excess.
  • 2. Stir together flour, 1/2 cup sugar, cocoa, baking powder and salt in
  • medium bowl.
  • 3. In large bowl, whisk together 2 whole eggs, oil and vanilla until frothy.
  • Sift flour mixture over egg mixture and stir until smooth. Mixture will be
  • stiff.
  • 4. In a grease-free medium mixer bowl, with the whisk attachment, beat egg
  • whites until frothy. Gradually increase speed to medium-high and continue
  • to beat until they start to form soft peaks. Add remaining sugar, 1 teaspoon
  • at a time. Continue to beat until egg white mixture forms a stiff, shiny
  • meringue.
  • 5. Using large rubber spatula, gently fold 1/3 egg white mixture into the
  • egg- flour mixture to lighten it. Fold in remaining egg white mixture. Do
  • not over mix batter. Scrape into prepared pan and spread evenly with a
  • spatula.
  • 6. Bake for 15 minutes or until cake springs back when gently touched in
  • center. Cool cake in pan 5 minutes. Invert to wire rack and cool completely
  • Make Mousse:
  • 1. Put peanut butter chips into large bowl. In small saucepan, heat milk
  • to a gentle boil. Pour hot milk over peanut butter chips. Let stand 30
  • seconds. Whisk until smooth and add peanut butter and vanilla. Let stand 5
  • minutes or until tepid.
  • 2. In chilled bowl, beat cream and confectioner’ s sugar just until soft
  • mounds barely start to form and cream in still pourable. Do not over beat
  • cream. Gently fold 1/3 whipped cream mixture into peanut butter mixture to
  • lighten it. Fold in remaining whipped cream. Do not over mix mousse or it
  • will become grainy.
  • Assemble Cake:
  • 1. Lightly oil bottom and side of a 9-inch fluted tart pan with removable
  • bottom. Line bottom and ides of pan with plastic wrap, smoothing out any
  • wrinkles, and pressing it into ridges on sides of pan. Scrape peanut butter
  • mousse into pan and spread it in an even layer, filling in all fluted
  • indentations in side of pan with mousse.
  • 2. Remove paper circle from bottom of cake. Place cake on top of mousse in
  • tart pan and gently press into place. Cover layer of cake with plastic wrap.
  • Freeze for 3 hours or until firm.
  • 3. Remove plastic wrap from cake and invert onto a cardboard cake round.
  • Lift off side and bottom of tart pan, using a thin bladed knife if necessary
  • Peel off plastic wrap from peanut butter mousse layer.
  • Make Milk Chocolate Glaze
  • 1. Put milk chocolate in medium bowl. In small saucepan heat cream to a
  • gentle boil. Pour hot cream over chocolate. Let mixture stand for 30
  • seconds. Whisk until smooth. Stir in vanilla.. Cool glaze until it starts
  • to thicken slightly.
  • 2. Place cake on a wire rack over baking sheet. Pour milk chocolate glaze over cake, covering it completely. Refrigerate on wire rack for 5 minutes or until glaze is set. Sprinkle cake with chopped peanuts and refrigerate until serving.

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    " It was excellent "
    jett2whit ate it and said...
    so glad I found this one! yum
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    " It was excellent "
    shirleyoma ate it and said...
    Decadent!! wow this sounds great! got my 5
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    " It was excellent "
    elgab89 ate it and said...
    Very decadent! This would be the talk of the party!
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    " It was excellent "
    mumtazcatering ate it and said...
    saved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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    " It was excellent "
    jett2whit ate it and said...
    another great one!! thank you
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    " It was excellent "
    momo_55grandma ate it and said...
    great tastey recipe thanks
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  • annieamie 15 years ago
    Thanks, Henrie! This sounds so delicious. I was peeking through the recipes at Godiva Chocolate the other day and wanted to try a few of them. I'll start with your recipe first as it sounds so tempting! You do have some great recipes! Thanks for posting this one.
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  • 22566 15 years ago
    Rich sounding recipe,Thank-you, will print out and use in a few days.

    Thank-you again.
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