on the last day of summer...

anyone else boo-hooing about the end of summer... i know i'm not the only one out there... so here's a sweet summer farewell treat... no more sunning at the beach or tanning poolside... no more late morning wake ups... time to put away the skimpy swim suits and pull out the over sized comfy sweaters...
i was going to go with something really summery... but hey, when the no more summer blues kicked in, i automatically went into chocolate and peanutbutter mode...

so i went with a browned butter vanilla bean cake, smeared with layers of chocolate peanutbutter creamcheese frosting, and outlined with a dark chocolate whipped ganache...

i used the vanilla cake recipe from last post, except i browned the butter with a split vanilla bean in it... i used the bean seeds in the batter too... which created a wonderful buttery vanilla taste explosion...

so long summer... until next year...