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peanut butter snack cake on a white plate on a rattan place mat with 9x13 cake pan with one piece missing

Peanut Butter Snack Cake

Sheila
If you love Peanut Butter this is your cake, moist and and delicious. The perfect cake for any peanut butter lover!
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 42 minutes
Course baked goods, Dessert
Cuisine American, baked goods
Servings 24 squares
Calories 337 kcal

Equipment

  • 9x13 or half sheet cake pan

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups Flour
  • 2 cups Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
  • 3/4 cup creamy Peanut Butter
  • 1 cup boiling Water
  • 1 cup Butter
  • 1/2 cup Sour Cream
  • 2 whole Eggs
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

Peanut Butter Frosting

  • 3/4 cup softened Butter
  • 3/4 cup Peanut Butter you can use crunchy or creamy for frosting
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 3 tablespoons Milk more or less to get correct consistency
  • 1 pound Powdered Sugar 3 3/4 cups

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a half sheet cake pan or a 9x13 cake pan.
  • Combine flour, sugar, and baking soda in mixing bowl.
  • In a separate bowl place butter and peanut butter pour 1 cup boiling water over butters, stir until butter is melted and everything has come together to make a runny peanut butter slurry.
  • Slowly add peanut butter mixture to the dry ingredients (or vise verse) mix until combined. Add in sour cream and vanilla continue to mix.
  • Whisk eggs together and add to batter combine until batter is smooth. Scrape bowl and mix on medium speed for a few second longer. Pour cake batter into prepared cake pan.
  • Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 40 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean when poked in center.

Peanut Butter Frosting

  • Measure out milk and add vanilla to the milk.
  • Whip butter and peanut butter together until smooth and fluffy
  • Gradually add in powdered sugar alternating with wet ingredients (vanilla and milk). Whip until frosting is fluffy and smooth.

Notes

When cake is completely cool, frost cake and cut into smaller 2" square pieces, perfect for snacking!

Nutrition

Calories: 337kcalCarbohydrates: 49gProtein: 4gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 7gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 24mgSodium: 156mgPotassium: 90mgFiber: 1gSugar: 39gVitamin A: 270IUVitamin C: 0.04mgCalcium: 19mgIron: 1mg
Keyword cake, peanut butter, sheet cake
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