Description
Pumpkin Pecan Cobbler is a decadent chocolate Swiss roll cake with a soft cocoa sponge, fluffy peanut butter cream filling, chopped peanut butter cups, and silky chocolate ganache.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 large eggs, room temperature
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 cup milk
- 4 oz cream cheese, softened
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (for filling)
- 3/4 cup heavy whipping cream, cold
- 1 1/2 cups chopped peanut butter cups
- 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup heavy cream (for ganache)
- 1 tablespoon peanut butter (optional swirl)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Line a 10×15-inch jelly roll pan with parchment paper and lightly grease.
- Beat eggs and sugar on high for 3 to 4 minutes until pale and thick.
- Mix in vegetable oil and vanilla extract.
- Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt.
- Sift dry ingredients into egg mixture in two additions and fold gently.
- Stream in milk and fold just until combined.
- Spread batter evenly in prepared pan.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes until top springs back lightly.
- Dust a clean kitchen towel with cocoa or powdered sugar.
- Flip warm cake onto towel and peel off parchment.
- Roll cake up with towel from the short end and cool completely seam-side down.
- Beat cream cheese and peanut butter until smooth.
- Add powdered sugar and vanilla extract and mix until creamy.
- Whip heavy cream to stiff peaks and fold into peanut butter mixture.
- Fold in chopped peanut butter cups.
- Unroll cooled cake and spread filling evenly.
- Roll cake back up without the towel.
- Heat heavy cream and pour over chocolate chips to make ganache, stirring until smooth.
- Spread ganache over roll and swirl with peanut butter if desired.
- Chill before slicing for clean cuts.
Notes
Rolling the cake while warm prevents cracking. Chill at least 1 hour before slicing for neat layers and set filling.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 420
- Sugar: 32g
- Sodium: 210mg
- Fat: 26g
- Saturated Fat: 14g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 42g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 7g
- Cholesterol: 85mg