Choc Full O' Peanuts Cake

Name: Choc Full O' Peanuts Cake
Ingredients: Chocolate Cake; 8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate; 6 ounces unsalted butter at room temp, plus more for buttering the cake pans; 6 large egg yolks; 3/4 cup sugar; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 tablespoon rum; 1/2 cup flour, sifted; 4 large egg whites; Peanut Butter and Chocolate Buttercream Frostings (ingredients listed separately for the 2 frostings); 6 ounces peanut butter (not natural, organic); 3 ounces unsalted butter, room temp; 4 ounces powdered sugar; 1 teaspoon kosher salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate; 3 ounces unsalted butter, room temp; 1 tablespoon light corn syrup; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 3 tablespoons strawberry preserves

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Ingredients

Chocolate Cake
8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
6 ounces unsalted butter at room temp, plus more for buttering the cake pans
6 large egg yolks
3/4 cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon rum
1/2 cup flour, sifted
4 large egg whites
Peanut Butter and Chocolate Buttercream Frostings (ingredients listed separately for the 2 frostings)
6 ounces peanut butter (not natural, organic)
3 ounces unsalted butter, room temp
4 ounces powdered sugar
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
8 ounces semi-sweet chocolate
3 ounces unsalted butter, room temp
1 tablespoon light corn syrup
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 tablespoons strawberry preserves

Directions

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["Preheat the oven to 325F. Prep the cake pans by brushing them with butter, lining with parchment paper, and brushing the parchment paper with butter as well. Dust with unsweetened chocolate powder. Set aside.", "Bring some water in a wide pan on the stove to a boil. Turn off the heat. Place the butter and chocolate in a small bowl and place in the hot water so that it floats in the hot water without touching the bottom of the pan. After about 10 minutes, remove and stir gently with a spatula. Return to the hot water for about 5 more minutes and stir gently with a spatula. Keep doing this until the chocolate and butter are completely melted and combined. Set aside to cool slightly (As you're doing this be careful not to get any drops of water in the chocolate mixture.)", "While the chocolate is melting, place the egg yolks and sugar together in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Beat on high until the mixture becomes slightly thickened and turns a pale yellow (about 4 minutes). Scrape down the bowl, add the salt, vanilla extract and rum. Mix on high for another 2 minutes.", "In a separate bowl, with an electric mixer, whip the egg whites until stiff but not dry. Set aside.", "Using a spatula or with the electric mixer on its lowest setting, fold in the chocolate mixture into the egg yolk mixture. Using a spatula, fold the sifted flour in thirds into the chocolate/yolk mixture. Only fold long enough to integrate the flour into the wet mixture, no longer. Fold in the whipped egg whites in thirds. Always be careful not to overfold. There is no chemical leavener in the recipe and is dependent upon the air that's been whipped in as the only leavener.", "Divide the batter between the baking pans and bake on the middle rack. I baked this in 6\" baking pans