Peanut Butter Sheet Cake
Simple peanut butter cake topped with warm peanut butter frosting.
Ingredients
Cake
- ¼ cup peanut butter
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 tsp vanilla
Peanut Butter Icing
- ½ cup salted butter
- 6 Tbsp milk
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 3 ½ cups powdered sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ cup chopped peanuts
Instructions
- For cake: Bring peanut butter, water, and butter to a boil in a small saucepan. In the meantime, combine sugar, brown sugar, flour, salt, and baking soda in a large mixing bowl.
- Pour boiling mixture over the dry ingredients and mix well. Add eggs, buttermilk, and vanilla extract and mix till smooth.
- Pour batter into a greased sheet pan. (Mine is about 15×10″.)
- Bake at 375° for 15-20 minutes or till toothpick comes out clean. Let cool for about 10 minutes, then spread with frosting.
- For frosting: Bring butter, milk, and peanut butter to a boil in the same saucepan. Pour over powdered sugar in a mixing bowl. Beat till smooth. Beat in vanilla.
- Pour over hot cake and spread with the back of a spoon. Sprinkle with chopped peanuts.
Notes
-Sour cream can be substituted for buttermilk.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 319kcalCarbohydrates: 46gProtein: 5gFat: 14gSaturated Fat: 6gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0.3gCholesterol: 35mgSodium: 267mgPotassium: 113mgFiber: 1gSugar: 36gVitamin A: 271IUCalcium: 32mgIron: 1mg
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