Best 6 Fudgy Peanut Butter Cake Recipes

PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE CAKE

Steps:

• Combine flour, white sugar, and baking soda in a large mixing bowl; set aside.
• Melt 1 cup butter or margarine in a heavy saucepan; stir in 1/2 cup cocoa. Stir in buttermilk, and eggs until well blended. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture boils. Remove from heat. Mix into flour mixture, stirring until smooth. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Pour batter into a greased and floured 13 x 9 inch baking pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 20 to 25 minutes, or until an inserted wooden pick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes on a wire rack. Carefully spread peanut butter over warm cake. Cool completely.
• To Make Frosting: Combine 1/2 cup butter or margarine, 1/4 cup cocoa, and buttermilk in a small sauce pan. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly. Pour over confectioners' sugar, stirring until smooth. Stir in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Spread chocolate frosting over peanut butter on cake. Cut into squares.

FUDGY PEANUT BUTTER BROWNIE CAKE

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 350 degrees F. Coat bottom of an 8-inch round cake pan lightly with no-stick cooking spray.
• PREPARE brownie mix as directed on package using oil, water and egg. Stir in almond extract, peanut butter and peanuts until blended. Spread batter evenly into prepared pan.
• BAKE 40 to 42 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Remove from pan to wire rack to cool completely.
• PLACE cake on serving platter. Stir fudge topping until smooth. Spread over cake, covering top and sides. Place the tip of a frosting knife at the center of cake, pulling the knife toward the outer edge in a slight arc. Turn cake a notch counter clockwise. Repeat knife pull several times to form a pattern around entire cake. Garnish center of cake with mint, if desired.

FUDGY PEANUT BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• In a large bowl, beat the milk, peanut butter, oil and vanilla until well blended. In a small bowl, combine 1/4 cup sugar, flour and baking powder; gradually beat into milk mixture until blended. Spread into a 1-1/2-qt. slow cooker coated with cooking spray., In a small bowl, combine cocoa and remaining sugar; stir in boiling water. Pour into slow cooker (do not stir). , Cover and cook on high until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 1-1/2-2 hours. Serve warm, with ice cream if desired.

FUDGY PEANUT BUTTER SWIRL CAKE

Steps:

• Double check to make sure the cake mix you have chosen makes one 9"x13" cake. Separate the cake mix into 2 equal halves by weight in two separate bowls, using a food scale.
• Peanut Butter Batter: To one bowl containing one half of the cake mix, add the peanut butter, egg white, applesauce and milk. Stir until well mixed.
• Chocolate Batter: To the other bowl containing the other half of the cake mix, add the chocolate syrup, cocoa, egg white, applesauce and espresso or very strong coffee. Stir until well mixed.
• Spray a 9"x13"baking pan with cooking spray. Pour peanut butter batter into pan by pouring 8 "blobs" of batter in a checker like pattern. Add the chocolate batter by pouring sections of batter in each spot on the pan that doesn't not have peanut butter batter. Using a bread knife swirl your knife through the batter to create a swirled effect.
• Bake in the oven at 350F for 25-35 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out clean.
• Once cool cut cake with a non-serrated knife. This will ensure minimal crumbs.

PEANUT BUTTER FUDGE CAKE

Steps:

• Melt butter in small saucepan.
• Add cocoa powder and stir until smooth.
• Stir dry ingredients together in large bowl.
• In a second bowl beat together water, buttermilk, eggs and vanilla with wire whip.
• Pour egg mixture over dry ingredients; mix together until blended.
• Add hot cocoa mixture and beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
• Pour into greased and floured 13 x 9-inch cake pan.
• Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 25 minutes or until done.
• Cool thoroughly.
• Peanut Butter Layer: Whip peanut butter and oil in small mixing bowl.
• When cake is thoroughly cool, spread over cake.
• Frosting: Put sugar and vanilla in medium mixing bowl.
• Melt butter in small saucepan.
• Add cocoa powder; stir until smooth.
• Add milk and heat over low heat until hot (just as it starts to bubble).
• Pour hot mixture over sugar and beat until smooth.
• Spread over peanut butter layer.
• Let cake sit for at least an hour before serving so frosting has time to firm up.

PEANUT BUTTER AND HOT FUDGE PUDDING CAKE

Steps:

• Combine flour, 1/4 cup sugar, and baking powder in a bowl. Add milk, oil, and vanilla extract; stir until smooth. Mix in peanut butter. Pour mixture into a small or medium slow cooker.
• Stir remaining 1/2 cup sugar and cocoa powder together in the bowl. Gradually stir in boiling water. Pour mixture over the batter in the slow cooker; do not stir.
• Cover; cook on High until set, 2 to 3 hours.