I met a lot of really great people when I was working as a temp at an office in Omaha.Among those that I met, I've kept in touch with a few that helped train me.
Recently one of those former co-workers had a birthday.
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I really like this person.
She works hard and is an amazing mom.
So, I decided to make her a cake.
From the time we spent as cubicle neighbors, I learned one of her favorite snack foods are peanut butter pretzel nuggets.
And, as soon as I found that out I decided that I would one day make a dessert for her that was a play on those nuggets.
Here's what I came up with:
The cake is two layers of vanilla sponge.
There are two layers of peanut butter mousse. One between the cakes to keep them moist and a slightly thicker one on top.
The bottom of the bottom layer of cake is coated with semi-sweet chocolate. Why? Because I think you always need a little chocolate with peanut butter.
And, the top is garnished with broken pretzel sticks.
Is it weird to give someone a pre-cut cake?
I cut the cake in to portions before I delivered it because the chocolate layer at the bottom requires some finesse and a very sharp knife to cut it.
Charlie and I sampled some of the trimmed pieces. He felt the chocolate overpowered the peanut butter flavor in the mousse. But, he did admit that he wanted to eat more of it.
I agree that the chocolate flavor was a tiny bit strong, maybe I should have done a chocolate glaze on top but the chocolate layer provided some additional crunch and a contrast to the sweetness of the mousse.
