I saw this recipe on pinterest and decided that I was going to give it a shot. I made this buckeye cake for our Valentine's Day celebration, which was on Friday, because we basically never see each other during the week (e.g. Tuesdays, when 2/14 comes along). Let's just say that I have never spent so much time on one recipe in my life. It literally took me 2 days to make. Ridiculous. Also, I learned that I need to come up with a better way to improvise a double-boiler besides a cereal bowl in a pot of hot water.
I tried to explain to Chris why it's such a big deal that I did this. I do not love to cook, nor do I enjoy fancy recipes or foods. Really, to me, food is food. Dessert, however, is another matter - which is probably why I was feeling ambitious enough to try this. I will say that it is absolutely delicious so all that work was mostly worth it.
Now for the description that made me want to try this in the first place: a layer of chocolate cake, a layer of chocolate peanut butter glaze, a layer of peanut butter cheesecake, a layer of the glaze, another layer of chocolate cake, a coating of handmade peanut butter frosting, and topped with the rest of the glaze. Everything was made from scratch (except the chocolate cake, which was a mix), so that is also why this took forever to make. Lots of dirty dishes and a chocolate-peanut-butter-coated kitchen later, I got this cake. If you are also feeling adventurous, you can find the recipe here. Of course, hers looks much prettier than mine, and I have no idea how to take pretty pictures of food.
Also, it will take us forever to eat this, which I am completely ok with. For one, I have an embarrassingly enormous sweet tooth. I have at least some small form of dessert every day. Two, I hate spending more time cooking things than they take to be eaten. In this case, we better enjoy it for more than 2 days.
Chris thinks I should make cakes like this for people, or sell them, and I said I would if I actually enjoyed making them. I am definitely not going to that much trouble for something that I don't get to eat. Call me selfish, but I am just not that kind of cook. I think I'll stick to one tough recipe per year.
