Peanut Butter Cake with Chocolate Icing

Name: Peanut Butter Cake with Chocolate Icing
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 16
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoon Baking Soda; 1 stick Butter; 118 milliliters Buttermilk; 4 Tbsps (heaping) Cocoa; 4 Tbsps (heaping) Cocoa Powder; 473 milliliters Flour; 6 Tbsps Milk; 118 milliliters Peanut Butter; 118 milliliters Finely Chopped Pecans; 454 grams (minus 1/2 cup) Powdered Sugar; 0 teaspoons Salt; 473 milliliters Sugar; 1 teaspoon Vanilla; 237 milliliters Boiling Water; 2 whole Beaten Eggs

Peanut Butter Cake with Chocolate Icing might be just the dessert you are searching for. One serving contains 406 calories, 6g of protein, and 13g of fat. This vegetarian recipe serves 16. Head to the store and pick up cocoa powder, water, buttermilk, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 40 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large bowl, stir together flour, sugar, and salt. Set aside.In a small bowl, whisk together buttermilk, eggs, baking soda, and vanilla. Set aside.In a medium saucepan, melt 1 3/4 sticks butter. Stir in peanut butter until smooth.

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Peanut Butter

Baking Soda

Buttermilk

Vanilla

Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Egg

Salt

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Sauce Pan

Whisk

Bowl

Oven

Add boiling water, let the mixture bubble up for about 10 seconds, then remove from heat.

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Water

Pour the peanut butter mixture over the flour/sugar mixture and stir until halfway combined.

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Peanut Butter

All Purpose Flour

Sugar

Pour in the buttermilk mixture and stir gently until the batter is smooth.

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Buttermilk

Pour the batter into a sheet pan or jelly roll pan and smooth the surface.

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Jelly

Roll

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Frying Pan

Bake for 20 minutes, then remove it from the oven.While the cake is baking, make the icing: Melt 1 3/4 sticks butter. Stir in the cocoa powder, then the milk.

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Cocoa Powder

Butter

Icing

Milk

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Oven

Remove from heat and add vanilla and powdered sugar and stir until smooth.

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Powdered Sugar

Vanilla

Add more powdered sugar if you want it a little thicker.

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Powdered Sugar

Pour the icing over the warm cake right out of the oven and smooth the surface. Allow to sit for 10 minutes before cutting into squares and serving warm.Note: I use an 18x13 sheet cake pan.In a mixing bowl, combine flour, sugar, and salt.In a saucepan, melt butter.

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Butter

All Purpose Flour

Icing

Sugar

Salt

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Mixing Bowl

Cake Form

Sauce Pan

Oven

Add cocoa. Stir together.

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Cocoa Powder

Add boiling water, allow mixture to boil for 30 seconds, then turn off heat.

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Water

Pour over flour mixture, and stir lightly to cool. In a measuring cup, pour the buttermilk and add beaten eggs, baking soda, and vanilla. Stir buttermilk mixture into butter/chocolate mixture.

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Baking Soda

Buttermilk

Chocolate