Peanut Butter Gooey Cake

Barb Gertz's Note:

A treat for special occasions. Chocolate cake with peanut butter, Kids will love it, I know adults that love it. Recipe comes courtesy Paula Deen.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 20 mins
• Prep Time: 30 mins
• Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 10

Cake

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
• 1 egg
• 8 tablespoons butter, melted

Filling

• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 8 tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 (16 ounce) box powdered sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees; lightly grease a 13x9-inch baking pan.
2. To make cake: combine all the ingredients and mix well with an electric mixer; PAT the mixture into the bottom of the lightly greased baking pan.
3. Prepare filling; In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and peanut butter until smooth; add eggs, vanilla, and butter and beat together; add powdered sugar and mix well.
4. Spread peanut butter mixture over cake batter and bake for 40 to 50 minutes; MAKE SURE NOT TO OVERBAKE, the center will be a little GOOEY.
5. Serve with whipped cream or ice cream, ENJOY.

Reviews

[Spedtcher07]

Very good but very, very rich. This recipe is a really high fat & high calorie recipe, so I cut it down a little by using-- light Country Crock, reduced fat peanut butter, reduced fat/light cream cheese. And it tastes amazing! Adding the fat-free whip cream or light ice cream adds some calories back in but its needed to cut the richness. Four stars due to the high fat/cals. Also, very easy to make.

[Chef #898494]

Super yummy cake that was easy to make. The bottom layer tasted a lot like a brownie. I will definitely make it again.

[rosslare]

Spot on!