Ultimate Snickers Peanut Cake

Deliciously delicious, for true sweet tooths! The classic Snickers cake with peanuts is very tasty and tender, it tastes much tastier than the bars. Preparing the cake is very simple. You can decorate it as you wish, for example, completely sprinkle it with peanuts or cover it with glaze, as you prefer.
cook time: 3h
Caleb Huxley
Ultimate Snickers Peanut Cake

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

397
Calories
28g
Fat
28g
Carbs
7g
Protein

Ingredients (12 portions)

For 1 cake:

Eggs 1 pc
Sugar 60 g
Sour cream 110 g
Cocoa 15 g
Wheat flour 100 g
Baking powder 1 tsp
Butter 20 g

For the butter custard:

Sugar 150 g
Butter 200 g
Milk 300 ml
Corn starch 2 tbsp
Vanilla sugar 1 tsp

For thickened buttercream:

Butter 100 g
Boiled condensed milk 150 g
Peanut 150 g

For decoration:

Cocoa 1 tsp
Peanut 100 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to make a classic Snickers Peanut Cake? Prepare the ingredients for the crusts. Please note that the ingredients indicate quantities for one cake layer. A baking dish with a diameter of 18 cm was used; if you use a mold with a diameter of 24 cm or more, then double the amount of ingredients.

Step 2

Step 2
So, to prepare one cake, break a large egg into a bowl and add granulated sugar to it.

Step 3

Step 3
Beat the egg with a mixer for several minutes, it should turn into a fluffy and light foam.

Step 4

Step 4
Add sour cream and stir the mixture with a whisk.

Step 5

Step 5
Mix together the cocoa powder, flour and baking powder, sift everything together and add to the bowl. Mix with a whisk until the dough is smooth and thick.

Step 6

Step 6
Melt the butter. When it has cooled slightly, pour it into the dough.

Step 7

Step 7
Stir thoroughly.

Step 8

Step 8
Cover a mold with a diameter of 18-20 cm with paper and place the finished dough into it.

Step 9

Step 9
Preheat the oven to 180 C and bake the cake for 25 minutes (or longer) until you test for a dry match.

Step 10

Step 10
Bake another cake this way. If you have two molds of the same diameter, you can knead a double portion of dough at once and bake two cakes at the same time. Place the finished cakes on a wire rack and let them cool.

Step 11

Step 11
Start preparing the cream.

Step 12

Step 12
First prepare the butter custard. To do this, pour 250 ml of milk into a saucepan (set 50 ml aside), add granulated sugar and vanilla sugar to it.

Step 13

Step 13
Bring milk to a boil over heat. While heating the milk, stir occasionally to dissolve the sugar.

Step 14

Step 14
Dissolve the starch in the remaining cold milk.

Step 15

Step 15
Pour the starch solution into the boiling milk syrup in a thin stream and, stirring constantly, cook the cream until thick.

Step 16

Step 16
Pour the finished custard into a bowl and leave to cool. To prevent a dense crust from forming on top of the cream while cooling, cover the cream with film so that the film touches the surface of the cream, or simply stir the cream as often as possible with a whisk or spatula.

Step 17

Step 17
When the custard part of the cream has cooled completely, beat the soft butter with a mixer.

Step 18

Step 18
While whisking, add all the custard in small portions. The butter custard is ready.

Step 19

Step 19
Prepare cream with condensed milk. To do this, beat soft butter.

Step 20

Step 20
Add boiled condensed milk to it and beat again until smooth. By the way, to prepare this cream, the condensed milk must be thick enough, otherwise the cream may come out a little runny and run a little, this will not affect the taste, but the appearance of the cake will suffer a little.

Step 21

Step 21
Add chopped roasted peanuts and stir. The cream is ready.

Step 22

Step 22
Assemble the cake. To do this, first slightly level each cake.

Step 23

Step 23
Place one cake layer in the springform pan in which the cake was baked. Cover it with a layer of butter custard.

Step 24

Step 24
Place a layer of cream with condensed milk and peanuts on top.

Step 25

Step 25
Add another layer of butter custard.

Step 26

Step 26
Cover the cream with the second cake layer, placing it flat side up. Place the cake in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour until it sets.

Step 27

Step 27
When the cake has set, add a heaped teaspoon of cocoa to the remaining cream.

Step 28

Step 28
Mix thoroughly.

Step 29

Step 29
Remove the cake from the mold and coat all sides with chocolate cream, 2 tbsp. l. Place the cream in a pastry bag with a shaped tip. Sprinkle the sides of the cake with chopped peanuts.

Step 30

Step 30
Decorate the top of the cake with swirls of frosting.

Step 31

Step 31
The Snickers cake is ready. Place it in the refrigerator for another 1-2 hours so that it infuses, and you can serve it to the holiday table.

Step 32

Step 32
Bon appetit!

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