Snickers Cake Recipe
Snickers cake – a combination of chocolate, caramel and peanuts! What can be better of this combo? This cake is homage to the famous candy bar the we all loved when we were kids. But today, with this recipe, we can control the flavors and the sugar amount.
Snickers Cake Recipe
Ingredients
For the cake:
- 3 Eggs
- 75 g Sugar
- 30 ml Vegetable oil
- 50 ml Milk
- 80 g Flour
- 20 g Cocoa powder
- ¾ teaspoon Baking powder
- Pinch Salt
For the cream:
- 1 cup 225g Cream cheese/mascarpone
- ¼ cup 60ml Heavy cream
- ¼ cup 30g Powdered Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
For the caramel:
- 110 g Sugar
- ¼ cup 60g Butter
- â…“ cup 80ml Heavy cream
- 100 g Peanuts toasted
For the chocolate glaze:
- 120 g Dark Chocolate
- 100 ml Heavy cream
- 40 g Peanuts chopped
Instructions
- DIRECTIONS
- Make the cake: Preheat the oven to 350ËšF (180CËš). Grease a 8-inch (20cm) round cake pan and set aside.
- In a large bowl, place eggs, sugar and beat until light and fluffy, about 6-7 minutes. Add oil and mix until combined, add milk and mix until combined.
- Sift in flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Fold just until incorporated. Do not over mix.
- Pour into prepared pan. Bake for 25-30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool.
- Meanwhile make the caramel: Heat sugar in a medium saucepan over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally with a spatula or wooden spoon. Sugar will form clumps and eventually melt into a thick brown, amber-colored liquid as you continue to stir. Be careful not to burn. Once sugar is completely melted and reached a deep amber color, reduce the heat and add the butter, stir until melted. Then, pour heavy cream and stir immediately until combined and smooth. Turn the heat off, add the peanuts and stir. Set aside while making the cream.
- Make the cream filling: in a large bowl, beat cream cheese, powdered sugar and vanilla extract. Beat until smooth. Add cold heavy cream and whip until fluffy.
- Assembly: cut the top of the cake the give the cake an esthetic look. Then, divide the cake into two. Spread the cream over the first layer of cake. Gently spread the caramel on top of the cream. Place the second layer of cake on top and gently press. Refrigerate for at least two hours.
- Make the chocolate glaze: chop the chocolate and place in a heatproof bowl. In a small saucepan heat heavy cream. Pour hot cream over the chocolate, allow to sit for 2 minutes, then stir until melted and smooth. Add chopped peanuts and mix.
- Pour chocolate ganache over the cake and allow to set in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
I just got done baking this for my daughter’s 21st birthday. I really wanted to do something different because I’m an extremely proud father!
This cake is just what the doctor ordered… my 6 yr old and 4 yr old kids tasted every bit as they helped, so I already know it’s going to be fantastic because it met their approval.
Thanks so much for this, will update tonight!!