Ingredients
Peanut Butter-Banana Pastry Cream:
1/2 cup sugar
3 tbsp cornstarch
1 egg
4 egg yolks (reserve the whites for the frosting if you can)
1/3 cup peanut butter
2 cups whole milk
1 vanilla bean, split & scraped (or 2 tsp vanilla extract)
Heavy pinch of kosher salt
3 large bananas, sliced
Bacon-Brown Sugar Swiss Meringue Buttercream:
5 egg whites
1¼ cup packed brown sugar
¼ tsp cream of tartar
1½ cups unsalted butter (3 sticks, softened, cut into 1 tbsp pieces)
2 tsp vanilla
8 slices of bacon, roughly chopped
Chocolate Buttermilk Cake:
2 cups white sugar
2 cups cake flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1.5 tsp baking soda
1.5 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1 cup butter, softened but still cool
2 eggs
1 cup buttermilk
2 tsp vanilla
1 cup hot coffee
Preparation
