Chocolate, Peanut Butter, and Buttercream |
This week’s Baked Sunday Mornings challenge is for Oopsy Daisy Cake – a mocha cake with peanut butter filling that’s coated with cooked peanut butter buttercream frosting. Doesn’t it sound amazing? I really wanted it to be amazing. Even though my cakes looked perfect when I took them out of the oven, they quickly began to sink in the middle. They were cooked through and tasted great, but I lost quite a bit of cake when I leveled them off.
Then, there was the peanut butter filling which had the texture of truffle filling – sounds good, right? Well, it completely overwhelmed the flavors of the cake and the buttercream. It took me three tries, over a period of months, to perfect the Baked cooked buttercream, but it’s amazing. Now that I’ve got it down, I love it. This version was really good, and with just a hint of peanut butter, it really set off the cake.
John & I both thought we would have enjoyed this cake better without the peanut butter filling – surprising, I know! I decorated the cake with mini Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups and Pieces. I really wanted to love this cake, but it was one of the few Baked cakes that didn’t wow me.
Tile Mosaic ~ Pasadena, California |
Littlebakerbunny says
Oh, such a bummer that this wasn’t a hit for you! You definitely have to be a fan of the chocolate-PB combination to like this cake! But your cake certainly looks amazing — love the way you decorated it!
Glimmermama says
Your cake looks fantastic! Mine sunk too…wonder why? It’s pretty humid here right now..
Have Apron....Will Bake says
Sorry it wasn’t a winner in your house. But it looks fabulous! Love the decorations. (so perfect looking and fitting for the cake flavour)
Cocoa and Lavender says
What a fun cake! Love the decorations!
Chelly says
Sorry you didn’t care for it…it sure looks pretty!
stellinasweets.com says
Sorry to hear you didn’t love it, Susan! We win some, we lose some, right? But at least your frosting is going strong! If there’s one thing I’ve learned with BAKED recipes, don’t give up– it’s a great cake, and worth another try!! 🙂
Bourbonnatrix says
Sorry you had trouble with this one! I too was not overly impressed, but with a few tweaks, I think it could be a great cake.
Christina Conte says
I love your honesty-it gives you more credibility in your other posts! Not that you are not credible!! 😉 The cakes looks lovely all the same!! CC
Chris Scheuer says
It looks like a “wow” cake despite your problems Susan!
Candy says
Sorry you didn’t like this one but it looks wonderful!
Paula @ Vintage Kitchen Notes says
It does look great anyway Susan! I bet the mocha cake would be amazing with other fillings.
Laura (Tutti Dolci) says
Your cake looks so good, I love the way you decorated it!
Mary Hirsch says
That cake sorta wowed me. It sounded fantastic. I love peanut butter.