Peanut Butter Snack Cake #CakeSliceBakers

This is a peanut butter lovers dream come true.  Peanut Butter Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting topped with Honey Roasted Peanuts.  Be still my heart.

It's time for the Cake Slice Bakers..............

Each month The Cake Slice Bakers are offered a selection of cakes from the current book we are baking through. This year it is Little Everyday Cakes by Candace Floyd. We each choose one cake to bake, and then on the 20th - never before - we all post about our cake on our blogs. There are a few rules that we follow, but the most important ones are to have fun and enjoy baking & eating cakes!

Follow our Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest pages where you can find all of our cakes, as well as inspiration for many other cakes. You can also click on the thumbnail pictures below to take you to each of our cakes. If you have a blog and are interested in joining The Cake Slice Bakers and baking along with us, please send an email to thecakeslicebakers at gmail dot com for more details.

The Cake Slice Bakers also have a new Facebook group called The Cake Slice Bakers and Friends. This group is perfect for those who do not have a blog but want to join in the fun and bake through this book.

It is a new year and a new book - Little Everyday Cakes - and our choices for May 2021 were ~ 

Siren's Chocolate Cake

• All That's Left Are The Crumbs
• My Recipe Reviews
• Sweet Sensations

Peanut Butter Snack Cake

• Making Miracles
• A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Karen's Kitchen Stories
• A Little Bit of All Right

Sour Cream Coffee Cake with Coconut Streusel

• Camille Cooks
• Amandie Bakes

This cake comes together quickly and takes less than half an hour to bake.  Allowing for 25 minutes to cool you can have a wonderful dessert on the table in an hour.  

Snacks, Dessert, Peanut Butter, Cake

Dessserts, Cakes

American

Yield: 9 servings

Author: Wendy Klik

Peanut Butter Cake

This is a peanut butter lovers dream come true. Peanut Butter Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting topped with Honey Roasted Peanuts.

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 20 MinInactive time: 30 MinTotal time: 1 Hour

Ingredients

Cake

• 3 T. creamy peanut butter
• 3 T. canola oil
• 1 egg
• 1/2 c. buttermilk
• 1/2 t. vanilla
• 1 1/4 c. flour
• 1 1/4 t. baking powder
• 1/4 t. baking soda
• pinch of salt
• 3/4 c. packed brown sugar

Frosting

• 1/4 c. butter, room temperature
• 1/4 c. creamy peanut butter
• 1 T. honey
• 1/4 t. salt
• 1/2 t. vanilla
• 3/4 c. powdered sugar
• Chopped honey roasted peanuts for garnish, if desired

Instructions

Cake

1. Combine the peanut butter and oil in a small sauce pan over medium heat.  Cook and stir until melted and smooth.  Set aside.
2. Whisk together the egg, buttermilk and vanilla.  
3. Combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and brown sugar in the large bowl of a stand mixer, fitted with the paddle attachment.  Mix on low speed.  Add the egg mixture and mix until blended. Gradually add the peanut butter mixture, beating until smooth.  
4. Spread batter into an 8" square baking pan that has been treated with baking spray.  Bake in a preheated 350* oven for about 20 minutes, until a skewer inserted in the center removes cleanly.  Remove from oven to wire rack to cool completely.

Frosting

1. Place the butter, peanut butter, honey, salt and vanilla in the small bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment.  Beat until blended.  Reduce speed to low, gradually add the powdered sugar until incorporated.  Increase the speed, beating until smooth. 
2. Spread onto cooled cake and sprinkle with chopped honey roasted peanuts, if desired.

Notes:

Adapted from a recipe found in Everyday Litlle Cakes.

Nutrition Facts

Calories

979.76

Fat (grams)

95.01

Sat. Fat (grams)

53.90

Carbs (grams)

29.64

Fiber (grams)

1.45

Net carbs

28.19

Sugar (grams)

13.56

Protein (grams)

7.33

Sodium (milligrams)

933.79

Cholesterol (grams)

238.22

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