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Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake — Cost per Serve & Where to Buy | CartSorted

@nigellalawson/Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

Recipe from Nigella · original post · full recipe on nigella.com

A dark, damp, melt-everything-in-the-pan chocolate layer cake filled and covered with a whipped peanut butter buttercream, topped with chopped dry roasted peanuts.

Serves 10 Prep 45 min Ready in 1 hr 15 minKid-friendly

VegetarianBake

Ingredients

unsalted butter — plus extra for greasing200 g
cocoa powder50 g
dark brown soft sugar100 g
caster sugar125 g
vanilla extract — 2 tsp10 ml
plain flour225 g
baking powder — 1 tsp4.5 g
bicarbonate of soda — ½ tsp2.3 g
large eggs — at room temperature2 ea
icing sugar — for the buttercream300 g
unsalted butter — softened, for the buttercream150 g

Cooking for a different diet?

Swaps that keep this dish what it is. The prices on this page are for the recipe as written.

Dairy-free
- 200 g Dairy-free butter instead of unsalted butter
- 60 ml Oat cream instead of double cream
Use a firm dairy-free block rather than a soft spread so the buttercream holds; the cake bakes for the same time.

Swaps are suggestions — check labels if you are cooking for an allergy.

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What it costs, and where to buy it

Missing items

These totals leave part of the list out, so a lower one isn't a cheaper shop.

Sainsbury'sBest choice
£9.37
for your meals
£23.14 at the till, incl. £13.77 of food you keep
£1.93 less on the food you use, over the 12 items both stores stock
No price at Sainsbury's:
- fine sea salt
Aldi UK
£11.54
for your meals
£19.67 at the till, incl. £8.13 of food you keep
No price at Aldi UK:
- dark brown soft sugar
Asda
£7.13
for your meals
£18.26 at the till, incl. £11.13 of food you keep
No price at Asda:
- vanilla extract
- baking powder
- bicarbonate of soda
- dry roasted peanuts
Tesco
£7.70
for your meals
£17.84 at the till, incl. £10.14 of food you keep
No price at Tesco:
- dark brown soft sugar
- baking powder
- bicarbonate of soda
- fine sea salt
Morrisons
£6.14
for your meals
£15.92 at the till, incl. £9.78 of food you keep
No price at Morrisons:
- cocoa powder
- baking powder
- bicarbonate of soda
- large eggs
- dry roasted peanuts

£0.94a serve

from £0.94 a serve at Sainsbury's · 13 of 14 ingredients priced

About £9.37 of ingredients used for 10 serves.

£23.14 at Sainsbury's · 13 of 14 items

Sainsbury'sBest choice

£9.37

missing 1 item

you'll pay £23.14 · 60% of it spare

Aldi UK

£11.54

missing 1 item · £2.17 more for the same food

you'll pay £19.67 · 41% of it spare

Asda

£7.13

missing 4 items

you'll pay £18.26 · 61% of it spare

Tesco

£7.70

missing 4 items

you'll pay £17.84 · 57% of it spare

Morrisons

£6.14

missing 5 items

you'll pay £15.92 · 61% of it spare

Buy at Sainsbury's£23.14

unsalted butter

£7.50/kg

need 350 g2 × Country Life Unsalted Butter 200 g£1.50

Sainsbury's£7.50/kg£1.50·Aldi UK£7.40/kg£1.85·Asda£8.25/kg£1.65·Tesco£7.40/kg£1.85·Morrisons£1.85·OcadoN/A

cocoa powder

£14.00/kg

need 50 gSainsbury's Cocoa 250 g£3.50closest match

Sainsbury's£14.00/kg£3.50·Aldi UK£11.96/kg£2.99·Tesco£11.96/kg£2.99·Asda£17.56/kg£4.39·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A

dark brown soft sugar

£4.10/kg

need 100 gSainsbury's Fairtrade Dark Soft Brown Sugar 500 g£2.05closest match

Sainsbury's£4.10/kg£2.05·Asda£3.00/kg£1.50·Morrisons£2.15·Aldi UKN/A·TescoN/A·OcadoN/A

caster sugar

£1.50/kg

need 125 gSainsbury's White Granulated Sugar 500 g£0.75closest match

Sainsbury's£1.50/kg£0.75·Aldi UK£1.09/kg£1.09·Asda£1.78/kg£0.89·Morrisons£0.89·Tesco£2.00/kg£1.00·OcadoN/A

vanilla extract

£56.32/L

need 15 mlSainsbury's Madagascan Vanilla Extract, Taste the Difference 38 ml£2.14closest match

Sainsbury's£56.32/L£2.14·Aldi UK£20.80/L£0.79·Tesco£47.14/L£1.65·Morrisons£47.14/L£1.65·AsdaN/A·OcadoN/A

plain flour

£0.90/kg

need 225 gSainsbury's Plain Flour 500 g£0.45

Sainsbury's£0.90/kg£0.45·Asda£0.47/kg£0.70·Morrisons£0.53·Aldi UK£0.70·Tesco£0.47/kg£0.70·OcadoN/A

baking powder

£4.06/kg

need 4.5 gSainsbury's Baking Powder 160 g£0.65

Sainsbury's£4.06/kg£0.65·Aldi UK£0.65·TescoN/A·AsdaN/A·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A

bicarbonate of soda

£3.61/kg

need 2.3 gSainsbury's Bicarbonate Of Soda 180 g£0.65

Sainsbury's£3.61/kg£0.65·Aldi UK£0.65·TescoN/A·AsdaN/A·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A

large eggs

£0.350/ea

need 2 itemsSainsbury's Standard 6 items£2.10closest match

Sainsbury's£0.350/ea£2.10·Aldi UK£0.282/ea£1.69·Tesco£0.280/ea£2.80·Asda£0.287/ea£2.87·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A

icing sugar

£2.50/kg

need 300 gTate & Lyle Fondant Icing Cane Sugar 500 g£1.25closest match

Sainsbury's£2.50/kg£1.25·Aldi UK£1.78/kg£0.89·Asda£2.42/kg£1.21·Tesco£3.70/kg£1.85·Morrisons£2.65·OcadoN/A

smooth peanut butter

£11.67/kg

need 200 gPip & Nut Standard 300 g£3.50closest match

Sainsbury's£11.67/kg£3.50·Tesco£2.79/kg£0.95·Asda£5.29/kg£1.80·Morrisons£2.25·Aldi UK£3.99·OcadoN/A

double cream

£5.67/L

need 60 mlSainsbury's Double Cream 300 ml£1.70

Sainsbury's£5.67/L£1.70·Aldi UK£0.97/L£0.29·Asda£6.24/L£0.78·Tesco£7.33/L£1.10·Morrisons£1.10·OcadoN/A

dry roasted peanuts

£7.00/kg

need 35 gSainsbury's Dry Roasted Jumbo Peanuts 200 g£1.40closest match

Sainsbury's£7.00/kg£1.40·Aldi UK£3.18/kg£1.59·Tesco£22.00/kg£1.10·AsdaN/A·MorrisonsN/A·OcadoN/A

Not stocked at Sainsbury's — buy these elsewhere

fine sea salt

£1.09/kg

need 1.5 gAsda Table Salt 750 g£0.82closest matchat Asda

Asda£1.09/kg£0.82·Aldi UK£0.65·Tesco£200.00/kg£1.00·Sainsbury's£200.00/kg£1.00·Morrisons£1.00·OcadoN/A

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smooth peanut butter

200 g

vanilla extract — 1 tsp; for the buttercream5 ml

fine sea salt — ¼ tsp1.5 g

double cream60 ml

dry roasted peanuts — chopped35 g

Method

Heat the oven to 180°C/160°C Fan. Butter two 20 cm sandwich tins (not loose-bottomed, as this is a runny batter) and line them with baking parchment.
Cut the 200 g butter lengthways into four pieces and put into a heavy-based, fairly wide saucepan over gentle heat. Add 250 ml just-boiled water and whisk in the cocoa and both sugars; keep on a low heat, whisking gently, until the butter has melted and the mixture is smooth. Remove from the heat, stir in the 2 tsp vanilla and let stand for 5 minutes.
Mix the flour, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda in a bowl. Whisk the eggs together in a small jug.
Pour the eggs gradually into the pan, whisking all the while, until completely absorbed. Then whisk in the flour slowly and gently until you have a smooth batter, and pour evenly into the tins.
Bake for 18–20 minutes, until the cakes are shrinking away at the edges and a cake tester comes out cleanish (it is a damp cake, so a few crumbs are fine). Cool on a rack for 10–15 minutes, then turn out, or leave in their tins until cold.
For the buttercream, sift the icing sugar. In a large bowl, beat the softened butter and peanut butter together for 3 minutes in a mixer (5 with a handheld whisk) until light and fluffy, then beat in the vanilla and salt.
At a slightly lower speed, add the icing sugar a spoonful at a time until half is in, then the rest in 3 batches. Turn the speed up and beat for 2 minutes (3 by hand-held whisk), scrape down the sides and beat again briefly.
Still beating, add the cream a tablespoon at a time, then keep beating for 4 minutes (6 with a handheld whisk) until soft, aerated and moussy.
Place one cake flat-side up on a plate and spread with about a third of the icing right to the edges. Top with the second cake, domed-side up, and spread another third over the top.
Spread the remaining buttercream around the sides to cover and smooth, then decorate with the chopped peanuts.