Vegan Peanut Butter and Jelly Layer Cake

I believe I lived on peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for lunch for some time after I was little.  I did not actually like different forms of sandwiches at that time (I hated the whole lot with lunch meat, is smart that I’m vegan now) they usually have been simply so darn scrumptious!  My Mother all the time purchased raspberry jam the chunky form with the seeds and my Dad would all the time purchase strawberry.  However after I went over to different individuals’s homes and had grape that was an actual deal with!  I simply cherished peanut butter and jelly!  A lot in order that once they got here out with that goober grape jam and jelly multi functional jar, me and my buddies purchased ourselves some jars of it to tackle a highschool nordic ski journey and I can bear in mind consuming it straight up out of the jar plain once we have been actually hungry after a 3 hour ski.  It tasted so good! I nonetheless love PB and J however I’m a bit extra choosy now on the subject of the peanut butter and jelly. I make my very own peanut butter within the Vitamix and simply use dried roasted peanuts and sea salt, and my favourite jam is the house made jam my husband’s Dad makes from his residence grown raspberries, it’s the good stability of tart and candy and low sugar which actually permits the berry flavors to shine (if I wasn’t capable of get that although, I am going for the fruit sweetened or much less candy ones). I’ve been eager to make a PB and J dessert for a few month now, so final weekend I made a Vegan Peanut Butter and Jelly Layer Cake!

It took me a number of days to take action because of a time crunch but it surely was so price it!  Typically instances I bake my cake layers sooner or later, then make the frosting and assemble the cake the subsequent and it really works out very well!  For this cake, I used my traditional vanilla cake and added a little bit of peanut butter to the batter. It was so scrumptious even earlier than I baked it! Sure I sampled a little bit of it.  Had to ensure it tasted good in spite of everything! It smelled so heavenly whereas baking!

For the frosting I made a vanilla buttercream with a little bit of peanut butter in it as effectively and it was so clean and heavenly!  I blended a little bit of raspberry powder into a few of it since this was a PB and J cake in spite of everything and it tinted it a pleasant coloration for adorning! Raspberry powder is simply freeze dried raspberries blended up in a blender till they develop into powder.  They make a fantastic flavoring in case you are making a berry frosting as a result of the flavour is intense they usually do not add extra moisture plus they make it a stunning coloration!  I additionally put a layer of jelly and peanut butter in between the cake layers together with a few of the frosting.

I couldn’t wait to strive the completed product!  I had sampled the parts however it might be even higher as soon as all put collectively! This cake was so crave worthy!  The mushy, candy vanilla scented cake layers have been good with the wealthy peanut butter, tart candy raspberry jam and luscious clean peanut butter buttercream frosting!  If you’re a PB and J fan this will likely be proper up your alley and it is best to undoubtedly give this Vegan Peanut Butter and Jelly Layer Cake a strive!

Vegan Peanut Butter and Jelly Layer Cake

Makes one 2 layer 6 inch cake

Elements:

Cake:

• 1 1/2 cups natural whereas wheat pastry flour or all objective flour
• 3/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp granulated sugar
• 3/4 tsp baking powder (1/2 tsp plus 1/4 tsp)
• 1/2 tsp sea salt
• 2 flax eggs (2 Tbsp golden floor flax seed blended with 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp filtered water, allowed to sit down quarter-hour)
• 1/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp avocado oil or different impartial oil
• 2 Tbsp clean peanut butter
• 1/2 cup skinny plant primarily based milk
• 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract

Filling:

• 3 Tbsp clean peanut butter
• 1/4 cup raspberry jelly

Frosting:

• 1 1/2 cups vegan butter, I used Earth Stability (at room temperature)
• 2 Tbsp clean peanut butter
• 3-4 Tbsp plant primarily based milk (I used Oatly, however you need to use what you favor), add 3 then if wanted add one other if frosting comes out too stiff
• 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• 1 Tbsp raspberry powder (freeze dried raspberries floor to powder)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350F levels, and line 2 6 inch spherical cake pans with parchment on the underside and oil the perimeters.
2. In a big bowl, mix the flour, sugar, baking powder and sea salt and whisk to mix.
3. Add the flax eggs, avocado oil, peanut butter, milk, and vanilla and beat with an electrical mixer for a few minute (or 3 minutes if doing it by hand with a whisk).
4. Pour the cake batter into the ready pans, dividing evenly between them.
5. Place the desserts within the oven and bake for about half-hour till the desserts are performed within the middle (you’ll be able to insert a toothpick into the middle and it comes out nearly clear with just a few moist crumbs).
6. Take away from the oven and let cool 20 minutes, then take away the desserts from the pans by chopping across the sides, putting a plate on prime then inverting it and tapping on it.  Permit them then to chill fully as soon as they’re out of the pans.
7. To make the frosting, beat the butter with the milk and vanilla till fluffy.
8. Add the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time, and beat till fully blended and lightweight and fluffy (if the frosting is just too stiff add that different Tbsp of milk). Take away 1/2 cup and blend the berry powder into it.
9. When able to frost, Place one cake layer on a plate, unfold the peanut butter over it, then unfold about 1/2 inch thick layer of the peanut butter frosting over it, and pipe a barrier the perimeters to maintain the jelly in and unfold the jelly within the middle of that. Prime with the subsequent cake layer.
10. Unfold some extra peanut butter frosting on the highest and down the perimeters of the cake evenly, then place the remainder of the peanut butter frosting in a pastry bag and use it to brighten the highest, in addition to the berry frosting to bag to do the identical.  This frosting recipe makes sufficient that it is best to be capable to do some beneficiant piping decorations on prime, as a result of I like a whole lot of frosting!
11. Serve the cake and luxuriate in!