What's your favorite Girl Scout Cookie?? #Bundt Bakers

Here it is, March already.  It has come in like a lion and I pray it goes out like a lamb.  March is quite the month.  We celebrate Lent a time of abstinance and fasting for many Christians.  But God has a sense of humor or maybe the devil is trying to trip us up....because it is also the month that we celebrate St. Patrick's Day (traditionally celebrated with beer and food) and the cute little brownies and girl scouts are knocking on our doors and freezing outside our local stores selling their delicious, once a year, cookies.  It's a conspiracy.....I know it....Did you hear something??

What's your favorite Girl Scout Cookie?  Mine are trefoils because I am a shortbread fanatic.  Frank's favorites though are the Tagalongs aka Peanut Butter Patties.  I have to admit that I love the combination of peanut butter and chocolate as well so when Kelly of Passion Kneaded chose Girl Scout Cookie Flavors for our Bundt Bakers theme this month, I knew exactly what flavor cookie I was replicating.  Then just to cement my idea in stone, our daughter Amy, invited us over for dinner and I told her I would bring the dessert.  Guess what her favorite Girl Scout Cookie is?  Yep, you're right......Tagalongs!  

I made a simple peanut butter cake and topped it with an even easier chocolate ganache.  I usually use semi or bitter sweet chocolate in my ganache but today I used milk chocolate in keeping with the taste profile of the Tagalongs.And then I crushed up some pastel peanut M&M's to sprinkle over the top because after all it is March and Spring begins this month as well.

Don't forget to go to the bottom of this post to see what Girl Scout Cookie Flavors all the other bakers made!!

Tagalong Bundt Cake

2 1/2 c. unbleached all purpose flour

1 1/2 t. baking powder

1 t. baking soda

pinch of salt

1/2 c. butter, room temperature

1 c. brown sugar, packed

1/2 c. sugar

1 c. peanut butter, smooth or crunchy, your choice ( I used smooth because that was what I had)

2 t. vanilla

3 eggs

1 c. milk

Combine flour, baking powder, soda and salt in a small bowl.  In the large bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugars until light and fluffly.  Add the peanut butter and vanilla, mixing until combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.  Add the flour mixture alternately with the milk just until combined.

Spread into a bundt pan that has been treated with baking spray.  Bake in a preheated 350* oven for 45 -50 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the cake removes cleanly.  Let cake cool in pan on cooling rack for 10 minutes, invert onto cooling rack, releasing from the pan and continue to cool completely on rack before transferring to a platter and frosting or glazing with milk chocolate.

To make Chocolate Ganache, heat 1/2 c. cream for each 5 oz of chocolate used.  Place chocolate pieces in a small bowl and pour heated cream onto the chocolate, stirring until melted and smooth.  For this cake, I wanted to drizzle the glaze so I only used 5 oz of chocolate and 1/2 c. of cream.  You would double that recipe if you wanted to completely cover a 9x13" cake.  Print Recipe

And here are the other fabulous Bundts celebrating Girl Scout Cookies and their flavors!

• Brown Sugar Coconut Bundt Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache from Tux at Brooklyn Homemaker
• Chocolate Dipped Vanilla Mini Bundt Cakes from Renee at Magnolia Days
• Chocolate Mint Bundt Cake from Teri at The Freshman Cook
• Coconut Caramel Samoas Bundt Cake from Anshie at Spice Roots
• Cranberry Lemon Bundt Cake from Jelena at A Kingdom for a Cake
• Do Si Do Mini Bundts from Anne at From My Sweet Heart
• Double Glazed Peanut Butter & Chocolate Fudge Bundt from Laura at Baking in Pyjamas
• Golden Nut Bundt (Juliettes Bundt) from Tammy at Living the Gourmet
• Lemon Bundt Cake with Lemonade Frosting from Anna at Media Racion Doble, Por Favor
• Lemon Yogurt Bundt Cake with Limoncello Glaze from Pam at Sidewalk Shoes
• Lemonade Bundt from Jane at Jane's Adventures in Dinner
• Lemonade Bundt Cake from Esti at Mummy & Cute
• Marbled Samoa Bundt Cake from Patricia at Patty's Cake
• Mini Samoa Bundt Cakes from Andrea at Adventures in All Things Food
• Mini Vanilla Bundt Cakes with Lemon Drizzle from Kathya at Basic N Delicious
• Mint Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake from Sarah at The Chef Next Door
• Mint Filled Coconut Vanilla Bundt from Shilpi at Simply Veggies
• Peanut Butter Tagalong Bundt Cake from Mary at That's My Home
• Peppermint & Chocolate Marble Bundt Cake from Lara at Tartacadabra
• Samoa Bundt Cake from Beatriz and Mara at I Love Bundt Cakes
• Samoa Bundt Cake from Jana at Jenny and Sweets
• Samoas Bundt Cake from Aisha at La Cocina de Aisha
• "Savannah Smiles" Lemony Bundt Cake from Samantha at Un Mordisco Un Pecado
• Spiked Lemonade Bundt from Kelly at Passion Kneaded
• Tagalong Cookie Core Bundt from Julie at Eat, Drink, Be Mighty
• Thin Mint Chocolate Bundt Cake from Rebekah at Making Miracles
• Toffee-tastic Bundt Cake from Linda at Brunch with Joy
• Trios (Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip-Oat) Bundt from Stacy at Food Lust People Love
• What's your favorite Girl Scout Cookie? (Tagalong Bundt Cake) from Wendy at A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Whole Grain Oats Bundt {Rah-Rah Raisins} from Rocio at  KidsandChic

 #BundtBakers is a group of Bundt loving bakers who get together once a month to bake Bundts with a common ingredient or theme.  Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on the BundtBakers home page.

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