Pete had a birthday last week and we made him a chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting. I used my go-to cake recipe from my PDF that I have on my fridge.
For the frosting, I used a half-batch of this recipe. Next time I'll add a little salt to the frosting. The peanut butter I used was a natural creamy kind, which is very tasty but needed a little salt to balance how sweet this frosting was. This cake was very well received with a little vanilla ice cream on the side. It's super-rich and wonderful, a little goes a long ways. I didn't have any peanuts to garnish the top, so some raw sugar got sprinkled on instead for a nice crunch.
Unrelated:
- I was looking for simple and easy valentine's day crafts and saw a bunch of nice ideas on this pinterest board by cratfy magazine that look fun and aren't too over-the-top cutesy.
- I have both hearts and needlework on the brain and I found this lovely image of hearts that has me itching to start a new piece.
