On Cloud Nine

Today is my 33rd birthday. Unless Adam is hosting a surprise party I don't know about, we don't have any special plans to celebrate. I'm okay with that. For the past couple of days I've been fighting with a chest cold and sleeping 9-10 hours a day, only to wake up tired again.

But enough about me.

As my birthday present to you, I offer one of my favorite dessert recipes. It's very, very rich, but oh, so yummy. Make sure you have a crowd to feed before making it--you'll need lots of mouths to gobble down this goodness.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Cloud

1½ c + 2 tablespoons butter (divided)
1 c sugar
1 large egg
1 t vanilla
¾ c flour
scant 1/3 c cocoa powder
1 c brown sugar
1 c creamy peanut butter
2 c heavy whipping cream
1 T powdered sugar

1. Melt ½ cup plus 2T butter and let cool
2. Add 1 cup sugar, egg and vanilla, stirring until combined
3. Mix in flour and cocoa powder
4. Spread evenly in the bottom of a greased 9x13 pan
5. Bake at 350° for 15 minutes or until center is set
6. Meanwhile, melt remaining butter with brown sugar; stir in peanut butter
7. Refrigerate 20 minutes, then beat until light and fluffy
8. Whip cream with powdered sugar
9. Fold 2 cups whipped cream into peanut butter mixture and spread over cooled crust
10. Top with remaining whipped cream
11. Serve chilled and cut into 24 pieces

I started adding the nutrition information, but reconsidered. If you're going to make this recipe, do you really want to know how many fat grams it has?