Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake Cake

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake Cake… What more to say than who doesn’t love peanut butter and chocolate together? Oh yeah, in a CHEESECAKE slash cake form! This recipe has been so popular, we’ve made it into a video, showing with a chocolate ganache frosting!

Another slice of decadence deserving of a drumroll just in time for EASTER — or the weekend. I give you Peanut Butter Cheesecake / Chocolate Cake. Creamy, melt in your mouth peanut butter cheesecake bakes on top of a fudgy and rich chocolate cake — made in the ONE pan! Only 254 calories without the frosting OR 313 WITH! The frosting is NOT made with ANY cream. No heavy cream. No whipping cream. Not even BUTTER. AND it’s HEALTHY! Or healthy-er than the usual frosting and optional because the cake is so good on its own it doesn’t need anything more.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cheesecake Cake

I’ve been working on this recipe since I posted the Carrot Cake Cheesecake and the Blueberry Lemon Cheesecake Cake. A few (I’m talking around six) failed attempts at this one, and finally I broke the mould, so to speak. Because who doesn’t love peanut butter and chocolate together?

I mean, do you see the fluffiness, the fudginess, and the creaminess all in the same slice down there? ↓↓↓ And if that wasn’t enough, I topped it with an even creamier special frosting AND blended up some Reese’s chips along with some chocolate chips to sprinkle over the lusciousness.

Some tips:

Line your spring form baking tin. Do NOT attempt to just lightly grease it, or the cake will stick. It’s super fudgy. Don’t risk it. The cake pan / tin required is 8-inch. Please don’t attempt to bake it in a larger tin. The cheesecake layer requires normal peanut butter. Please do not use natural peanut butter. There is no need to swirl the layers. Just follow the recipe and directions EXACTLY as they are written. No, you do not have to make the yogurt frosting. It is optional. If you want to attempt to substitute ingredients, do so at your own risk and discernment. This is the recipe I have tested and baked countless times, and unfortunately I cannot tell you if coconut flour, almond flour, gluten free flour, maple syrup, honey, no eggs or flax eggs, oil instead of butter, etc, will work. I have not tried it with any other ingredient. ENJOY!