Welcome to the world of peanut butter cake indulgence! This delectable dessert is a symphony of flavors, with its rich and creamy peanut butter frosting enveloping a moist and fluffy cake base. Whether you're a peanut butter aficionado or simply seeking a sweet treat to satisfy your cravings, this article will guide you through the journey of discovering the best peanut butter cake recipe that will tantalize your taste buds and leave you yearning for more.
Here are our top 13 tried and tested recipes!
PEANUT BUTTER CAKE
With a creamy peanut butter frosting, this cake really is over-the-top tasty.
Provided by Southern Living Test Kitchen
Categories Cakes
Time 3h
Yield 12 squares
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Prepare the Cake: Preheat oven to 350°F. Spray a 13- x 9-inch pan with baking spray with flour; set aside. Beat butter with a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium speed until creamy, about 1 minute. Gradually add sugar, and beat until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating just until blended after each addition and stopping to scrape down side of bowl as needed. Add peanut butter; beat until smooth, about 1 minute.
- Whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. With mixer running on low speed, add flour mixture and buttermilk, in alternating batches, to butter mixture, starting and ending with flour mixture and making sure each addition is fully incorporated before adding the next. Stir in vanilla. Spoon mixture into prepared pan, and smooth top with a small off-set spatula.
- Bake in preheated oven until cake is light brown and a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes . Remove from oven, and let cool in pan on a wire rack until completely cool, about 2 hours.
- Prepare the Frosting: Beat cream cheese, butter, and peanut butter with a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment on medium speed until creamy and blended, about 2 minutes. With mixer running on low speed, slowly add powdered sugar and salt, beating until well incorporated, about 2 minutes. Add vanilla, and beat on low speed until incorporated, about 10 seconds. Add cream, 1 teaspoon at a time, until frosting reaches desired consistency. Spread frosting over top of cooled cake, and sprinkle with peanuts.
BEST PEANUT BUTTER CAKE
Simply THE best peanut butter cake EVER!
Provided by Kimberly Killebrew
Categories Dessert
Time 1h
Number Of Ingredients 16
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a medium bowl, sift the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.In a large mixing bowl, add the peanut butter, oil, and brown sugar. Beat until combined and creamy. Add the eggs and vanilla extract and beat just until combined.Alternately add the flour and buttermilk to the wet mixture, beating just until combined. Be careful not to over-beat or the cake will be dense and dry. A few small lumps of flour is fine.
- Grease a 9X3 inch round baking pan (I use Magic Line pans). Pour the batter into the pan.Bake for about 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the middle of the cake comes out moist (not wet with batter but moist. If the toothpick is dry, the cake is over-baked and will be dry). Let the cake sit in the pan for 5 minutes, then invert the cake onto a wire rack to cool completely.
- To Make the Frosting: In the meantime place the peanut butter and butter in a large mixing bowl. Beat until smooth and creamy. Add the powdered sugar one cup at a time, continuing to beat. Add the heavy cream until you reach a spreadable consistency. (Note: This is a fairly stiff frosting.)Cut the cooled cake in half horizontally. Frost the bottom half of the cake and down the sides. Place the top layer of the cake, upside down, on top of the bottom layer. Frost the top layer and down the sides.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 597 kcal, Carbohydrate 56 g, Protein 21 g, Fat 42 g, SaturatedFat 22 g, Cholesterol 98 mg, Sodium 482 mg, Fiber 2 g, Sugar 39 g, ServingSize 1 serving
PEANUT BUTTER CAKE
This is one of my favorite cake recipes given to me from a co-worker. It is the best peanut butter cake you will ever eat. The icing is like fudge.
Provided by Karen Pugh
Categories Desserts Cakes Sheet Cake Recipes
Time 50m
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
- Whisk flour, white sugar, and baking soda together in a bowl. Beat 1/2 cup milk, eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract into flour mixture using an electric mixer on low until smooth.
- Cook and stir water, 1/2 cup butter, vegetable oil, and 1/2 cup peanut butter together in a saucepan over medium heat until smooth, about 5 minutes. Stir peanut butter mixture into flour mixture until batter is well mixed; pour onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
- Melt 1/2 cup butter and 1/2 cup peanut butter together in a saucepan over medium heat until smooth; add 1/3 cup milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Whisk confectioners' sugar into mixture until icing is smooth, 3 to 5 minutes. Pour icing over warm cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 457.6 calories, Carbohydrate 62.3 g, Cholesterol 43.8 mg, Fat 22 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 5.6 g, SaturatedFat 8.3 g, Sodium 199.6 mg, Sugar 50.9 g
PEANUT BUTTER CAKE
Wonderfully delicious peanut butter cake best with chocolate frosting, If you make with Reese's Peanut Butter and a milk chocolate frosting, it's very much like a Reese's Peanut Butter Cup. This recipe makes a smaller 8x8 cake. If you make a triple batch it is enough for one layer in a 12" cake pan with a dozen cupcakes. I also recommend that you use a creamy peanut butter simply because if there is some left over the nuts well get "soggy" in the cake.
Provided by Vyrianna
Categories Dessert
Time 55m
Yield 1 8x8 cake, 1-4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 8x8 inch pan.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the peanut butter, butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in vanilla.
- Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated.
- Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 35-45 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Allow to cool in pan.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 2879, Fat 145.2, SaturatedFat 59.4, Cholesterol 733.3, Sodium 2398.6, Carbohydrate 343.4, Fiber 11.1, Sugar 226.8, Protein 68
PEANUT BUTTER CAKE VI
Yummy peanut butter crumb cake with chocolate chips.
Provided by Tammy Mattice
Categories Desserts Cakes Sheet Cake Recipes
Time 1h30m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease the bottom of a 9x13 inch pan.
- In a large bowl, combine flour and brown sugar. Cut in peanut butter and margarine until crumbly. Reserve 1 cup of crumb mixture. To the remaining crumb mixture, pour in milk, eggs, vanilla, baking powder and baking soda. mix well and pour into pan. Sprinkle top with reserved crumb mixture and chocolate chips.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 385.6 calories, Carbohydrate 51.1 g, Cholesterol 36.1 mg, Fat 18.3 g, Fiber 2.1 g, Protein 8.1 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, Sodium 269.5 mg, Sugar 34.8 g
DOUBLE PEANUT BUTTER CAKE
My family loves peanut butter cake, so I came up with a recipe that packs in as much peanut butter as possible. Easy to say, they can't get enough of it. -Marie Hoyer, Hodgenville, Kentucky
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 50m
Yield 9 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°. In a large bowl, cream peanut butter, butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 3-5 minutes. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with milk, beating well after each addition. , Pour into a greased 9 in. square baking pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, 30-35 minutes. Cool in pan on a wire rack. For frosting, cream peanut butter and butter. Add sugar, milk and vanilla; beat until smooth. Spread over top of cake.
Nutrition Facts :
PEANUT BUTTER CAKE II
If you like peanut butter without chocolate, you will love this cake. If you don't have cream, you may substitute milk.
Provided by Suzanne Stull
Categories Desserts Cakes Cake Mix Cake Recipes Layer Cake
Time 1h
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch round cake pans.
- Combine 1/2 cup peanut butter and 1/2 cup butter or margarine. Cream until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at time, mixing well after each one. Add cake mix alternately with the water. Stir until just combined. Pour batter into prepared pans.
- Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 25 minutes or until cake tests done. Allow cakes to cool in pan for 10 minutes and then turn out onto a cooling rack to cool completely. Assemble and frost with Peanut Butter Frosting once cool.
- To Make Peanut Butter Frosting: Combine 1 cup peanut butter, and 1/2 cup butter or margarine cream together until light and fluffy. Add the confectioner's sugar. Mix in enough cream to make the frosting of a spreading consistency. Apply to cool cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 695.9 calories, Carbohydrate 81.1 g, Cholesterol 111.7 mg, Fat 38.7 g, Fiber 1.9 g, Protein 11.5 g, SaturatedFat 16.1 g, Sodium 550.6 mg, Sugar 63.1 g
FUDGY PEANUT BUTTER CAKE
I clipped this easy peanut butter cake recipe from a newspaper years ago. The house smells fantastic while it's slow cooking. My husband and son enjoy the cake with ice cream and nuts on top. -Bonnie Evans, Norcross, Georgia
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h40m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 10
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 348 calories, Fat 13g fat (3g saturated fat), Cholesterol 3mg cholesterol, Sodium 160mg sodium, Carbohydrate 55g carbohydrate (39g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 7g protein.
PEANUT BUTTER CAKE
Our Test Kitchen combines the popular flavors of chocolate and peanut butter in a mini layer cake that's delectable and attractive. Make sure to store any leftovers in the refrigerator.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 1h
Yield 6 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- In a small saucepan, combine 2 tablespoons egg and 2 tablespoons milk. Stir in 3 tablespoons sugar and chocolate. Cook and stir over medium heat until chocolate is melted and mixture comes just to a boil. Remove from the heat; cool to room temperature., In a small bowl, cream shortening and remaining sugar. Add remaining egg. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; add to creamed mixture alternately with remaining milk. Add chocolate mixture; mix well., Pour into a 5-3/4x3x2-in. loaf pan coated with cooking spray. Bake at 325° for 40-45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pan to a wire rack to cool completely. Split cake horizontally in half; level top., For frosting, in a small bowl, beat cream cheese. Gradually beat in milk and peanut butter. Spread between layers and over top and sides of cake. Sprinkle with peanuts. Garnish with candy bar. Store in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 422 calories, Fat 26g fat (11g saturated fat), Cholesterol 62mg cholesterol, Sodium 276mg sodium, Carbohydrate 41g carbohydrate (28g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 10g protein.
PEANUT BUTTER CAKE
A mouth-watering sponge with a wonderfully gooey peanut butter and caramel filling
Provided by Jane Hornby
Categories Afternoon tea, Snack, Treat
Time 50m
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Butter 2 x 20cm non-stick sandwich tins and line with circles of baking paper. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Using electric hand beaters, beat the butter, 3 tbsp peanut butter, eggs, sugar and yogurt together until smooth and creamy. Fold in the flour, then split the mix between the tins, using a spatula to get every last bit. Bake for 30 mins until risen and golden.
- Meanwhile, toss the salted peanuts and icing sugar with ½ tsp water until well coated and claggy. Spread over a non-stick baking sheet. When the cakes are ready, leave them to cool for 5 mins in the tin, then turn onto a cooling rack to cool completely. Turn the oven up to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6, then roast the nuts for 10 mins, tossing them a couple of times until golden and coated in a shiny caramel. Tip onto a lightly buttered plate. Make the topping while you wait: melt the chocolate and milk together in a pan over simmering water or microwave on High for 1 min, then stir to melt. Leave to cool.
- Put one of the sponges onto a plate, spread with 2 tbsp peanut butter (or more), then dot with the dulce de leche and spread with a palette knife. Sandwich the second sponge on top, then spread with the chocolate topping. Scatter with the caramelised peanuts to serve.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 445 calories, Fat 29 grams fat, SaturatedFat 13 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 40 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 27 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 9 grams protein, Sodium 0.6 milligram of sodium
PEANUT BUTTER LOVER'S CAKE
My family thrives on peanut butter, so they just love it when I make this recipe.
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 45m
Yield 12-14 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- In a small saucepan, whisk 1 egg until blended. Stir in 2/3 cup sugar, 1/2 cup milk and chocolate. Cook and stir over medium heat until chocolate is melted and mixture just comes to a boil. Remove from the heat; cool to room temperature., In a large bowl, cream shortening and remaining sugar until light and fluffy. Add remaining eggs, one at a time, beating well after each. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture alternately with remaining milk, beating well after each addition. Stir in chocolate mixture., Pour into three greased and floured 9-in. round baking pans. Bake at 325° for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool for 10 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely., For frosting, beat cream cheese in a large bowl until smooth. Gradually add milk and peanut butter until creamy. Spread between layers and over top and sides of cooled cake. Sprinkle with peanuts. Garnish with candy bars. Store in the refrigerator.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 610 calories, Fat 34g fat (12g saturated fat), Cholesterol 77mg cholesterol, Sodium 427mg sodium, Carbohydrate 64g carbohydrate (44g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 15g protein.
PEANUT BUTTER CAKE IV
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.
- In a large bowl, mix together the flour and sugar. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk, oil, eggs, 2 tablespoons peanut butter and vanilla. Mix well and pour into prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
- To make the frosting: In a large bowl, combine 1 cup peanut butter and confectioners' sugar. Beat in vanilla, then milk to desired consistency. Spread on cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 870.3 calories, Carbohydrate 119.8 g, Cholesterol 72.5 mg, Fat 39.3 g, Fiber 2.8 g, Protein 14.9 g, SaturatedFat 7.7 g, Sodium 505.4 mg, Sugar 97.7 g
PEANUT BUTTER CAKE III
This is the peanutty-est!
Provided by SHERRY_G
Categories Desserts Nut Dessert Recipes Peanut Dessert Recipes
Time 1h5m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream together the peanut butter, butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in 2 teaspoons vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with 3/4 cup milk, mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan.
- To make Peanut Butter Frosting: In a large bowl, cream peanut butter; gradually beat in half of confectioners' sugar. Add remaining confectioners' sugar alternately with 1 cup of milk, beating until smooth enough to spread. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Spread frosting on top of cake and sprinkle with peanuts.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 733 calories, Carbohydrate 98.8 g, Cholesterol 123 mg, Fat 32.9 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 16.2 g, SaturatedFat 11.5 g, Sodium 438.6 mg, Sugar 77.4 g
Tips:
- Use high-quality peanut butter: The type of peanut butter you use will greatly affect the flavor of your cake. Choose a natural peanut butter that is made with 100% peanuts and no added sugar or salt.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy: This will help to incorporate air into the batter, resulting in a lighter and more tender cake.
- Gradually add the eggs: Add the eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. This will help to prevent the batter from curdling.
- Do not overmix the batter: Overmixing the batter can result in a tough, dense cake. Mix just until the ingredients are combined.
- Bake the cake in a preheated oven: This will help to ensure that the cake bakes evenly.
- Let the cake cool completely before frosting: This will help to prevent the frosting from melting.
Conclusion:
Peanut butter cake is a delicious and versatile dessert that can be enjoyed by people of all ages. With its rich, nutty flavor and moist, tender texture, it is sure to be a hit at any gathering. Whether you are a fan of classic peanut butter cake or you are looking for something new and exciting, there is a recipe in this article that is sure to please you. So what are you waiting for? Start baking today!
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