Honey, I'm peanuts about you! cake Recipe | Food Network UK

Ingredients

• For the cake
• 75g natural unsweetened cocoa
• 360ml hot espresso
• 180ml buttermilk
• 450g plain flour
• 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 165g unsalted butter at room temperature
• 500g sugar
• 3 extra-large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla essence
• For the buttercream filling
• 1 (500g) jar creamy peanut butter, at room temperature
• 220g unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 280g icing sugar
• For the ganache
• 85g unsalted butter, at room temperature
• 700g milk chocolate (chips, chunks, or chopped)
• 360ml double cream
• 3 tbsp golden syrup
• 1 tbsp pure vanilla essence
• 450g honey-roasted peanuts, roughly chopped