Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake ~ 花生奶油蛋糕

I spotted a recipe calling for peanut butter in a cake and since I had some creamy peanut butter and dark chocolate at hand, I didn't procrastinate to bake this.  This is a moist, dense but flavourful cake as the peanut butter blends well with the melted chocolate, perfect with a hot cuppa tea.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake ~   花生奶油蛋糕

Ingredients

• 300 gm plain flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 180 gm dark chocolate, melted
• 125 gm butter
• 125 gm creamy peanut butter
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 4 large eggs, separated
• 75 gm Panela sugar (or you can use brown sugar)
• 100 gm caster sugar
• 1 cup milk

Method

1. Melt the dark chocolate, set aside.
2. Sift flour with baking powder, set aside.
3. Beat butter and sugar till light and creamy, add in the egg yolks one at a time, add in vanilla, beat till well incorporated.
4. On low speed, mix in the melted chocolate, peanut butter, flour and milk.  Mix well.
5. In a separate bowl, beat the egg whites till stiff peaks form.
6. Fold the egg whites into the  batter.  Mix well.
7. Pour the batter into a greased and lightly flour dusted 23 cm springform pan.
8. Bake in a preheated oven @ 180 deg.C for about 45 mins to 50 mins. till a skewer inserted comes out clean.
9. Remove from oven and let cool for about 10 mins. before unmoulding and cooling completely on a wire rack.