Could you ever imagine a more perfect excuse to eat pound cake holiday?! I made chocolate pound cake pecan bread pudding a few months ago and today I am celebrating (thanks to Sara Lee Desserts) with another amazingly delicious recipe and giveaway!
Chocolate and peanut butter could be the world's best combination, right? I've taken this dreamy combo one step further with three layers of double chocolate pound cake, creamy peanut butter filling and a surprise sprinkling of crunchy, salty peanuts!
chocolate peanut butter pound cake stacks
Yield: about 5 stacks (depending on the size of your pound cake circles)
- 1 box of Sara Lee double chocolate pound cake slices, thawed according to package directions
- peanut butter cream (recipe below)
- salted dry roasted peanuts (about ¼ cup), coarsely chopped
peanut butter cream
courtesy of Martha Stewart
- 6 tablespoons of butter, room temperature
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 & ½ cups marshmallow fluff
Cream together butter and peanut butter. Gently fold in marshmallow fluff. Fill piping bag fitted with a #22 tip with peanut butter cream.
Now, it's time to assemble these pretty little pillars of pound cake and peanut butter! (Say that 5 times fast, ha ha!)
Use biscuit or cookie cutters (or any other round things you can find - even a paring knife to hand cut the circles will work) to cut three sizes of circles from your pound cake slices. Starting with the largest layer on the bottom, pipe a layer of peanut butter cream and sprinkle with chopped dry roasted peanuts. Add the medium sized pound cake circle, pipe and sprinkle. Repeat with the smallest pound cake circle and top your pound cake stack with another piped dollop of peanut butter cream and peanuts.
While I know you would never toss the leftover pound cake bits, hang onto them to make mini trifles! Pile them in individual trifle bowls and layer with the peanut butter cream and peanuts.
As if that sweet recipe isn't enough, the festivities are not over yet!! I'm celebrating National Pound Cake Day with a giveaway for a $50 Visa gift card and coupons for FREE Sara Lee products!
Enter by clicking on the Rafflecopter below and good luck!
{{UPDATED 3/11/13}} GIVEAWAY is now closed - congratulations to KellieRose W!! Please email shakentogetherblog {at} gmail {dot} com with your full name and mailing address within 48 hours!!
Giveaway open to residents of the US & Canada only. Prize provided by Sara Lee Desserts. Winner will be announced 3/11/13. I was provided with product coupons and a gift card for supplies (SWEET!).
Courtenay@Creek Line House says
Oh my goodness! This looks so fancy and elegant, but I think my husband might actually eat this! Now I'm off to go win me some cake!
Melissa@TheHappierHomemaker says
Oh my! I think I may have to do an extra workout or two this week so I can make this!
Janel from NellieBellie says
Hello...yum!!! And those photo's...girl you are getting good!! Pinning!
Heather SettingforFour says
Yummy in my tummy! This looks amazing! We love Sara Lee - entered and hope to win!
Jenny Piirto says
OH. YUM. This is the ultimate tower of PMS satisfaction. Peanut butter and chocolate are the best of both worlds.
Four Marrs and One Venus says
Holy Smokes and you know I entered this bad boy!! And Pinned- boom!
The Bold Abode says
You've got my number, girl! These look sensational!
Jessi @ Practically Functional says
Mmm pound cake! And how cute is that?!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
These are GENIUS. OMG can I just jump into my computer???
sandra k williams says
i love pound cake, and this sounds really great. thanks/chance.
sandra k williams says
i follow you on google, forgot to tell you.
The Partiologist says
Now I must go find something chocolate...AND peanut butter! This dessert looks decadent, one of my favorite combos!
Kelly says
This looks dangerously delicious!
Kelly @ View Along the Way
www.viewalongtheway.com
Randi~Dukes and Duchesses says
Yum! Peanut butter and chocolate is my favorite flavor combination EVER. I have to make this!
Renea Hand says
This looks so delicious. I'm definitely pinning!
I'd like to invite you to link up to my party - Manic Monday. http://cupcake-n-bake.blogspot.com/2013/03/manic-monday-7.html
Hope to see you there!
Heather @ The Unsophisticated Kitchen says
There is no better combo in the world than chocolate and peanut butter. I have pinned this and will definitely be making!
Erin says
Oh yum. They look delicious!
Vanessa says
The perfect combo, Peanut butter and chocolate. Yum!
Lexiquin says
Your recipe sounds delicious--thanks for sharing!
Six Sisters says
You had us at Chocolate Peanut Butter....YUM! This looks so delicious! We would love to have you stop by sometime and share this recipe at our Strut Your Stuff Saturday link party at sixsistersstuff.com. Have a great day! -The Six Sisters
DomesticSuperhero.com says
Do you think it would be okay to celebrate this holiday daily?! These look so delicious! I would love for you to come by and link this or another project/recipe at my brand new link party!! Hope to see you! http://domesticsuperhero.com/2013/03/07/domestic-superhero-sharing-thursday-1
Kinsley says
Hey Keri! My name is Kinsley, author of Home | Styled, and I found your link on StoneGable! I had no idea there was a national pound cake day...and I missed it! Guess I'll have to make up for it this weekend with your recipe! Thanks for the idea!
www.home-styled.blogspot.com
Taryn @ Design, Dining + Diapers says
Ok I'm dying, this looks amazing. Pinned 🙂
Our Pinteresting Family says
WOW...this looks over the top amazing! Thanks for sharing!
Stephanie says
Your dessert looks delicious! Nothing is better than chocolate and peanut butter! I'm having a link party on my blog and I would love for you to join!
http://www.simplydreamandcreate.com/
Tonia L says
Oh wow! Those look so good! I pinned them to my chocolate board!
Sam M. says
This looks delicious! I would love for you to join the Pinworthy Projects link party! http://www.atkinsondrive.com/pinworthy-projects-link-party-week-10/
Natasha SerenityYou says
oh yummy!!
I would love it you could share this on my my link party - Serenity Saturday
Natasha @ www.serenityyou.com
Sandy H says
Nobody doesn't like Sara Lee. YUM
Debi and Charly @ Adorned From Above says
These look beautiful and sound delicious. We have a link party called Wednesdays Adorned From Above Blog Hop and would love to have you share this and any other posts with everyone. It runs from Tuesday night through midnight Sunday. Here is the link to the party.
http://www.adornedfromabove.com/2013/03/wednesdays-adorned-from-above-blog-hop.html
We are also having a giveaway this week for a $50.00 Target Gift Card, so head over to enter.
We hope to see you there.
Debi and Charly @ Adorned From Above
Tash TheVelvetMoonBaker says
wow these look so indulgent. I'd love for you to link this up at a link party I'm hosting 😀
http://thevelvetmoonbaker.blogspot.ie/2013/03/sweet-and-savoury-link-party-2.html
anyonita green says
beautiful! they look yummy! i followed you from your marvelous mondays link party post! 🙂 i wanted to let you know that i'm going to be starting my own link party for recipes on tuesdays. it kicks off tomorrow! i'd love it if you participated! 🙂 www.anyonita-nibbles.com is my blog.
Danielle says
Wow! This looks so decadent. Thanks for sharing the recipe at Silver Pennies Sundays! x
J. Rae says
YUM!
I would LOVE it if you shared this in my COMFORT FOOD Linky Party! You can find it here: http://littlemomprairie.blogspot.com/p/blog-round-up.html
Lindsey Domer says
Holy cow. This looks sinful. 🙂
toddlindsey.com
Jackie Kocurek says
This looks decadent! I'm stopping by from Marvelous Monday linky party. I'm hosting a party and hope you will post a few great recipes! http://rediscovermom.blogspot.com/2013/03/tried-and-true-recipe-party-3.html
Katie @ Creatively Living says
I love this! Pinning to my party food board! Thanks for sharing it at Monday Funday!
Holly Lefevre (504 Main) says
That s pretty irresistible! And such a cute presentation!
Alderberry Hill says
Thanks so much for linking to Make the Scene Monday @ Alderberry Hill. You are being featured later tonight!
I hope you are having a wonderful weekend, and join me tomorrow evening for Make the Scene Monday #66!
SJ @ Homemaker On A Dime says
I pinned this 🙂
Bonnie and Trish @ Uncommon says
Yum Yum and more Yum! Featured this tonight at MOnday Funday!! 😉