Description
A luxurious dessert featuring layers of moist chocolate cake, creamy peanut butter filling, and fluffy whipped cream, enhanced with crunchy nuts and chocolate shavings.
Ingredients
- Chocolate Cake or Brownies
- Creamy Peanut Butter
- Cream Cheese
- Heavy Cream
- Powdered Sugar
- Vanilla Extract
- Chopped Nuts (Peanuts or Walnuts)
- Chocolate Shavings or Chips
Instructions
- Prepare the Chocolate Cake or Brownies: Follow the package instructions and allow them to cool completely before cutting into pieces.
- Make the Peanut Butter Cream: Beat cream cheese, peanut butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract until smooth.
- Whip the Cream: In a separate bowl, whip heavy cream until soft peaks form.
- Fold Cream into Peanut Butter Mixture: Gently fold the whipped cream into the peanut butter mixture using a spatula.
- Layer the Trifle: In a trifle dish or individual cups, layer chocolate cake, peanut butter cream, and chopped nuts. Repeat until full, finishing with peanut butter cream.
- Add the Finishing Touches: Top with chocolate shavings and more chopped nuts.
- Chill and Serve: Refrigerate for at least 60 minutes before serving.
Notes
Allow the trifle to chill to meld flavors. It can be made a day in advance for best taste.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Chilling
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 22g
- Sodium: 150mg
- Fat: 22g
- Saturated Fat: 10g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 35g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 8g
- Cholesterol: 40mg