Peanut Butter Cheesecake Stuffed Chocolate Loaf












Ingredients
Filling
- 5 oz / 150 g cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1/3 cup / 85 g smooth peanut butter
- 1 egg
- 1/3 cup / 75 g caster sugar / superfine sugar
- 1/3 cup / 75 g sour cream
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Cake
- 1 1/2 cups / 225 g plain flour (all purpose)
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1 cup / 220 g caster sugar / superfine sugar
- 1 stick / 125 g unsalted butter
- 1/4 cup / 60 ml vegetable oil (sub with canola, sunflower or other neutral flavoured oil)
- 1/3 cup / 40 g cocoa powder, unsweetened
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup / 125 g yoghurt
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 1/4 cups / 200 g dark chocolate chips
Assembly
- 2 tbsp hot water
Instructions
- 1
Filling - Beat the cream cheese and peanut butter using a stand mixer, electric beater or whisk until smooth. Beat in egg until combined. Beat in remaining ingredients until smooth. Cover and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
- 2
Batter - Preheat oven to 180C/350F (fan forced / convection) or 200C / 390F (standard). Spray a loaf and line a loaf pan (23.5 x 13cm / 8½ x 4¼") with parchment / baking paper.
- 3
Batter - Whisk together flour, baking powder and sugar in a large bowl.
- 4
Batter - Melt butter in microwave in a large heatproof bowl, then whisk in oil and cocoa powder.
- 5
Batter - Whisk in eggs, yoghurt and vanilla into chocolate mixture. Pour mixture into flour and mix until just combine. Stir through chocolate chips.
- 6
Assembly - Remove Filling from fridge, give it a good mix to loosen it up – if it's too stiff, it will sink into the batter.
- 7
Assembly - Pour 1/3 of the batter into the loaf pan, smooth surface.
- 8
Assembly - Pour over the Filling and smooth surface.
- 9
Assembly - Add 2 tbsp hot water into remaining Batter, give it a quick mix to combine. Then pour batter over the Filling and smooth surface.
- 10
Baking - Bake for 15 minutes, then turn oven down to 160C/320F (fan forced / convection) or 180C / 350F (standard oven). Bake for 55 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the top half of the cake comes out almost clean.
- 11
Baking - Stand for 15 minutes in the loaf pan before using parchment paper overhang to lift onto a cooling rack. Cool completely before slicing – it takes a few hours.
- 12
Optional - Optional: Drizzle with melted white chocolate and/or peanut butter white chocolate.

