A deliciously moist chocolate cake base stuffed with a creamy peanut butter mousse filling, topped with wealthy clean chocolate ganache and a bunch of shock peanut butter cups — this chocolate peanut butter cake roll is actually considered one of my all-time favourite issues to make and I can’t cease serious about it. 😍

The right way to Make This Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Roll With Paper Towels

I do know what you’re pondering — truffles and paper towels?! This would possibly appear to be an odd pairing, however I promise it really works! Most cake roll tutorials name for a kitchen towel or tea towel, and actually each strategies are nice. However should you don’t wish to stain your favourite linen, paper towels are the transfer. The title of this recipe would possibly sound fancy, however the precise course of is so approachable. Consider it like a swiss roll or a traditional jelly roll — simply with essentially the most ah-mazing chocolate peanut butter mixture you’ve ever tasted. Like, actually the flavors of a peanut butter cup in rolled cake kind. Be nonetheless my coronary heart! 🍫🥜

5 Easy Steps to Make the Good Cake Roll

Right here’s the big-picture overview so you possibly can see simply how doable this mouth-watering cake actually is. We’re speaking about a couple of totally different elements that come collectively into one showstopping roll cake — and each single step is completely manageable, I promise!

1. Bake the cake in a 15-inch jelly roll pan (a fast quarter-hour!).
2. Invert the cake whereas it’s nonetheless scorching onto a stack of paper towels dusted with powdered sugar.
3. Roll the cake towel jelly-roll model from the quick facet. Let the cake cool fully at room temperature.
4. Gently unroll the cake and unfold the creamy peanut butter filling inside with an offset spatula.
5. Roll the cake again up seam facet down and unfold the ganache over the again of the cake and high.

Ideas for Rolling a Cake (So It Doesn’t Crack!)

Okay, let’s speak about the appropriate method as a result of THIS is the place most individuals get nervous. Utilizing paper towels as a substitute of a standard kitchen towel or tea towel is completely legitimate — you simply want THREE layers minimal. Any much less and the steam from the cake bakes proper by way of the seams and tears all the things aside. Not enjoyable. Additionally, flour these paper towels earlier than you invert the cake onto them — it retains sticking at bay even with all that condensation occurring. In the event you’re extra of a standard baker, a flippantly floured tea towel works fantastically too, identical to with my Carrot Cake Roll Recipe With Cream Cheese Filling!

• Use THREE layers of paper towels — significantly, don’t skip this.
• Flour the paper towels or tea towel earlier than inverting so your cake layer doesn’t stick.
• Be extraordinarily mild if you unroll. Press down on the unrolled portion with one hand whereas gently pulling again on the rolled portion with the opposite.
• If cake cracks occur: press down on the crack to “smush” it again collectively — the creamy filling acts like glue! And when you pile on that wealthy clean chocolate ganache, no one will ever know. Don’t stress, you guys. 😂

Making the Batter and the Creamy Peanut Butter Filling

Let’s discuss concerning the precise baking half — as a result of it is a peanut butter lover’s dream dessert and I want you to make it ASAP. For the cake batter, you’ll mix cake combine with cocoa powder in a big bowl. In a separate small bowl, whisk collectively your egg yolks, then add them to your mixing bowl together with 1/3 cup water. In the event you’re utilizing the bowl of a stand mixer, use the whisk attachment and begin on low pace, then bump it as much as medium pace as soon as all the things is coming collectively into a wonderfully clean batter. It’s also possible to use a hand mixer or handheld mixer — completely tremendous! In a medium bowl, beat your egg whites with a hand mixer or stand mixer at excessive pace till they attain stiff peaks, then gently fold them into the cake batter. Grease your 15-inch jelly roll pan with non-stick cooking spray, line it with parchment paper (wax paper works in a pinch!), and unfold the batter all the way in which to the perimeters of the pan.

Now for the star of the present — the creamy peanut butter filling! In a medium bowl, beat cream cheese till fluffy, then add creamy peanut butter and powdered sugar. In a separate small bowl, whisk cream and immediate vanilla pudding combine collectively in a big bowl utilizing a whisk attachment or hand mixer at medium pace till you get billowy whipped cream. Fold it into your peanut butter combination to create essentially the most dreamy peanut butter mousse filling. It’s a creamy candy peanut butter filling that tastes prefer it got here from a flowery bakery — however YOU made it in your individual kitchen. 🙌 For the wealthy clean chocolate ganache, soften heavy cream and chocolate chips collectively in a small bowl till silky and clean, then pour over the rolled cake. Chef’s kiss.

Ceaselessly Requested Questions About This Recipe

Can I make this one of the best peanut butter cupcake roll model? You completely can portion it otherwise, however actually the traditional chocolate peanut butter roll form is my favourite option to serve it — it slices so fantastically! Can I make this forward? Sure! Wrap the rolled cake in plastic wrap after including the creamy filling and refrigerate for a few hours (or in a single day). The flavors get even MORE dreamy as they meld collectively. Do I want wire racks to chill it? You’ll be able to completely use wire racks below your paper towels for higher airflow! Simply be sure that all the things is at room temperature earlier than you begin spreading that attractive peanut butter mixture filling inside. This chocolate cake roll is actually a chocolate peanut butter roll that belongs in your common dessert rotation — proper alongside my Grandma’s Well-known 6-Layer Cake and Chocolate Truffle Cookies for the chocolate lovers in your life! 🍫

Extra Chocolate and Peanut Butter Recipes You’ll Love

One among my favourite issues about this weblog is sharing all of the indulgent, over-the-top desserts that make life SO good. If this mouth-watering cake has you in full dessert mode (similar, actually), you’ll wish to take a look at these too — as a result of the peanut butter and chocolate combo is a way of life, not only a recipe. 😂 And should you’re craving one thing with that very same wealthy, fudgy power, my Grandma’s Well-known Chocolate Trifle is looking your identify!

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Roll

A chocolate cake roll stuffed with a whipped peanut butter filling topped with chocolate ganache and peanut butter cups.

Substances

FOR THE CAKE

• 15.25 ounce chocolate cake combine
• ½ cup water
• 3 eggs
• ½ cup (1 stick) butter, melted

FOR THE WHIPPED PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING

• ½ cup peanut butter
• 12 tbsp butter, softened
• 1½ powdered sugar
• ⅓ cup Cool Whip

ADDITIONAL

• chocolate ganache (half of this recipe is loads)
• flour for dusting
• peanut butter cups for topping

Directions

Preheat oven to 375ºF.

Make the cake

1. Whisk collectively the cake combine, water, eggs, and melted butter.
2. Line a 10×15 jelly roll pan with foil or parchment paper and flippantly grease with nonstick cooking spray.
3. Unfold the batter within the lined pan and bake for quarter-hour.

Roll the cake

1. Instantly after eradicating from the oven, invert the cake onto a stack of three paper towels stacked on high of one another dusted with flour (I discovered that 3 sections huge was the proper size). Peel the foil or parchment from the again of the cake.
2. Begin on the quick finish and gently roll up the paper towels and the cake collectively (see pictures in put up). Place on the counter to chill at room temperature, seam facet down. If mandatory, place one thing alongside the cake to forestall it from unrolling.

Make the frosting

1. Use an electrical mixer to whisk collectively the butter and peanut butter till mixed.
2. Combine within the powdered sugar ½ cup at a time, whisking in between every addition till clean and scraping down the edges as wanted.
3. Whisk within the Cool Whip.

Meeting

1. Gently unroll the cake (depart it on the paper towel).
2. Unfold the frosting on the cake and gently re-roll (with out the paper towel).
3. Fastidiously switch the cake roll onto an extended piece of plastic wrap. Wrap the roll in plastic wrap as tightly as doable, utilizing a number of items of plastic wrap if wanted.
4. Place the cake roll within the fridge for half-hour.
5. As soon as chilled, unwrap and unfold the ganache on high. Add chopped peanut butter cups if desired. Maintain chilled till able to serve.

Chances are you’ll wish to minimize off the ends for a cleaner presentation when serving.

 

Notes

Energy 642 | Fats 43g | Saturated Fats 22g | Carbs 63g | Fiber 3g | Sugar 45g | Protein 8g