Peanut Butter Dream Cake – Peanut butter cake layers, peanut butter marshmallow filling and peanut butter frosting.
The Ultimate Peanut Butter Lover’s Cake
Every year I get asked if I’m going to make my own birthday cake and every year the answer is the same, ABSOLUTELY! I love making my own birthday cake, and every each year I like to do something a little different. From Sweetapolita’s Campfire Delight Cake, to Milk Bar’s Birthday Cake, to my own Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake, Candy Bar Cake or Raspberry Coconut – I really try not to discriminate flavors.
For my birthday a few years ago, I decided it was high time for a serious peanut butter cake. Not just a peanut butter frosting, but a cake with peanut butter running through every element of the cake. Yes, I love peanut butter that much. Seriously, I never get sick of it and could put it with just about any food!
Peanut Butter Dream Cake
After trying some peanut butter sandwich cookies during the holidays a while back, I fell in love with a peanut butter marshmallow filling and knew immediately that it would be the perfect filling in one of my cakes. The filling is rich, creamy and full of peanut butter flavor. I particularly love the dash of cinnamon in it!
Knowing the filling would be a little on the heavier side, it was a no brainer for me to pair it with my light and fluffy peanut butter frosting. I love how silky and smooth this frosting is! I also use my peanut butter cake recipe from my Peanut Butter and Jelly Cake.
If you love or even just like peanut butter, I think this cake is going to knock your socks off! Let me know what you think!
Enjoy!
This may sound silly. But do you use heavy cream or whipping cream ?
I like using heavy whipping cream
Courtney, I’ve tried making this cake twice but both times my cakes fall in the center. Any suggestions?
Yes, it could be a few things: overmixing the batter, expired baking powder or baking soda, and/or your oven temperature is off internally.
Where do you buy the acrylic rounds used (on top when ) icing the cake?
I sell them actually! I have my own brand on shop.cakebycourtney.com
It looks delicious! I am going to try it. Greetings from Quito-Ecuador.
Just made this cake! It’s SO good and SO rich! The cinnamon I found to have a bigger part in the cake than I expected but paired perfectly with the peanut butter. My centers on 2 layers fell almost immediately out of the oven and the middle layer alone kept trying to crack when I was beginning to icing the cake, but I am a beginner so I’m positive it was an error on my part somewhere. Slightly undercooked perhaps and didnt set? The cake tasted great, and I somehow managed to make it look like I knew what I was doing in the end. All in all, I’m looking for my next recipe on your blog to bake. Any recommendations?! And, have you had any epic fails in the kitchen (especially when you first started out baking cakes) similar to mine? Is there any hope for me!!? Haha Thank you!
Oh heavens yes! I’ve definitely had my fair share of cake fails. With each cake, I still learn something new and find myself getting better and better. Don’t let the fails get in the way of baking more cakes. You’ll learn all the nuances of baking with every cake. I also share a lot of tips on instagram if you look up #cakebycourtneytiptuesday. Rest assure, there’s hope for you! I promise!
I made this Peanut Butter frosting for chocolate cupcakes and it was awesome!! I’d never had PB frosting, so was crossing my fingers that it would taste as good as it looks and WOW… amazing! It took a lot of will-power not to have it for breakfast on toast! I made it at 6:30am for birthday cupcakes I was taking as a surprise for a co-worker. Everyone loved them. I topped each frosted cupcake with a peanut butter cup half. Thank you for sharing your recipe. 🙂
The name of the cake is so accurate. It really was a dream! I loved it especially the delicious peanut butter marshmallow filling! My only regret is that I baked it as a 6″ cake instead of 8″ and it finished too fast!
Is the PB marshmallow filling only suppose to have 3TBSP of powdered sugar? Seems like it should have been 3 cups???? It was not a smooth creamy filling, but more of a sticky paste
I’m an empty nester but still love baking. I don’t necessarily enjoy sweets (I know, weirdo lol) but I love the baking and creating part! And of course gifting baked goods! Would you mind helping me by advising how to convert the recipe for cupcakes? I’m not really experienced in converting times and temperatures. I’ve always guessed… I plan on placing a dab of the marshmallow filling in the cupcake and ice them accordingly! Any advice would be helpful. Thank you! Love watching your videos and I follow you on IG. You are adorable!
Hi! For cupcakes, fill the liners 2/3 full with batter. Keep the temperature the same and lower baking time by a couple minutes. Keep an eye on them to see when done!
Please, when you say whipped cream is cream mounted with the rods? Thank you.
Please, when you say whipped cream is cream mounted with the rods? And please, I’m from Spain and I don’t know what you mean by marshmallow creme, is it the same as marshmallow fluff?
Thank you!!
Is marshmallow crime the same as marshmallow fluff?
yes! Like the jet puffed jar from the store!
What kind of peanut butter should I use in the actual cake part? (Natural, creamy/smooth, chunky etc.)
Your favorite smooth!
How about coming up with a cake recipe that has both peanut butter and graham crackers in the cake batter? Like a (peanut butter s’mores cake). Just an idea.