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peanut butter sheet cake

(6 ratings)
Blue Ribbon Recipe by
Patricia Hanson
The Villages, FL

This wonderful recipe comes from a friend whose had it for many years. It is just delicious. Excellent dessert to take to a pot luck.

Blue Ribbon Recipe

This peanut butter cake is worth doing an extra 30 minutes of cardio... totally a cheat-worthy dessert. The cake's tender and almost has a chewy brownie texture. The cake alone is great, but the frosting is rich and decadent. It firms up a bit and makes the dessert. Bring this to a party and watch it disappear.

— The Test Kitchen @kitchencrew
(6 ratings)
yield 10 -12 people
prep time 30 Min
cook time 25 Min
method Bake

Ingredients For peanut butter sheet cake

  • FOR CAKE
  • 1/2 c
    peanut butter
  • 1 c
    water
  • 2 stick
    butter or margarine
  • 2 c
    all-purpose flour
  • 2 c
    sugar
  • 1 tsp
    salt
  • 1 tsp
    baking soda
  • 2
    eggs
  • 1/2 c
    buttermilk
  • FOR FROSTING
  • 1 lb
    powdered sugar
  • 1/4 c
    peanut butter
  • 1/4 c
    melted butter
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla
  • 1 c
    coffee

How To Make peanut butter sheet cake

Test Kitchen Tips
Patricia gave the option to sprinkle with nuts. We used 1/4 cup chopped peanuts that are used for sundae topping. Also, we baked this in an 11x13 pan. If you don't have a sheet pan, it's a great option.
  • Mixing flour, salt, baking soda, and sugar in a bowl.
    1
    Mix flour, sugar, salt and baking soda. Set aside.
  • Bringing peanut butter, butter, and water to a boil.
    2
    Bring peanut butter, water, and butter to a rapid boil.
  • Pouring peanut butter mixture over flour.
    3
    Pour over flour mixture and stir well.
  • Adding eggs and buttermilk to the batter.
    4
    Add eggs and buttermilk.
  • Mixing the batter ingredients together.
    5
    Mix well.
  • Pouring batter into a pan.
    6
    Pour batter into greased 1- X 15 sheet pan.
  • Baking the peanut butter cake in the oven.
    7
    Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes.
  • Melting peanut butter and butter for frosting.
    8
    For Frosting; Mix melted butter and peanut butter together.
  • Adding vanilla to the melted peanut butter.
    9
    Add vanilla and powdered sugar.
  • Adding coffee until the proper consistency is reached.
    10
    Add coffee a little at a time until it is the right thickness for frosting.
  • Spreading frosting over cake.
    11
    Spread frosting over baked cake.
  • Sprinkling with crushed nuts.
    12
    I sprinkle with crushed nuts.

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