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🍰 Popcorn Peanut Butter Caramel Cake
370 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- Eggs 6 pcs.
- Salt pinch
- Sugar 350 g
- Maple syrup 170 ml
- Vanilla extract 1 tsp
- Popcorn 100 g
- Sunflower oil 250 g
- Buttermilk 250 ml
- Wheat flour, Type 405 500 g
- Baking powder 3 tsp
- Milk 500 ml
- Caramel candies 160 g
- Cornstarch 50 g
- Butter 410 g
- Peanut butter 180 g
- Whipping cream 90 g
- Caramel popcorn 50 g
Instructions
- 1. Preheat the oven to 170 degrees Celsius with top and bottom heat.
- 2. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
- 3. Place two baking rings with a diameter of 20 cm on the tray.
- 4. Beat four eggs with a pinch of salt, 200 grams of sugar, 50 milliliters of maple syrup, and vanilla extract in a bowl.
- 5. Beat the egg mixture until foamy for eight to ten minutes.
- 6. Roughly chop the popcorn.
- 7. Gently stir the oil and buttermilk into the egg mixture.
- 8. Mix the flour with the baking powder.
- 9. Sift the flour mixture into the bowl.
- 10. Fold the flour mixture in briefly and gently.
- 11. Gently fold the chopped popcorn into the batter.
- 12. Pour half of the milk into a saucepan.
- 13. Heat the milk in the saucepan.
- 14. Add the caramel candies to the hot milk until they melt.
- 15. Separate two eggs and set the egg whites aside for later.
- 16. Mix the remaining milk with salt, cornstarch, and the two egg yolks.
- 17. Pour the milk-yolk mixture into the saucepan with the warm milk.
- 18. Bring the pudding to a boil while stirring constantly.
- 19. Strain the pudding if necessary to remove lumps.
- 20. Cover the pudding directly on the surface to prevent a skin from forming.
- 21. Let the pudding cool to room temperature.
- 22. Mix the peanut butter with 120 grams of maple syrup.
- 23. Slice each cake layer horizontally twice.
- 24. Place the first cake layer on a cake plate.
- 25. Spread a little peanut butter mixture on the layer.
- 26. Spread a thin layer of the cooled buttercream on top.
- 27. Place the next cake layer on top.
- 28. Repeat the steps with peanut butter and buttercream until all six layers are stacked.
- 29. Place the cake in the refrigerator for one hour.
- 30. Apply a thin layer of buttercream all over the cake to bind the crumbs.
- 31. Chill the cake for another 30 minutes.
- 32. Heat 150 grams of sugar in a saucepan over medium heat.
- 33. Do not stir the sugar to prevent crystallization.
- 34. Allow the sugar to melt slowly.
- 35. Continue cooking the sugar until it turns amber-colored.
- 36. Stir 60 grams of butter into the caramel.
- 37. Pour the cream into the saucepan.
- 38. Stir continuously until any caramel lumps dissolve.
- 39. Add salt to the sauce.
- 40. Let the sauce simmer for one to two minutes.
- 41. Remove the sauce from the heat and let it cool.
- 42. Pour the caramel sauce with a spoon along the edge of the cake.
- 43. Add some sauce to the top of the cake.
- 44. Decorate the cake with popcorn.
- 45. Serve the cake immediately.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 370
- Protein: 10 g · Fett/Fat: 20 g · Carbs: 45 g