Peanut Butter Sheet Cake With Peanut Butter Frosting
- Reviews 10
Ready In: 33 mins
Serves: 30
Ingredients
CAKE
- 2 cups flour
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1 cup light brown sugar, packed (or use 2 cups white sugar)
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 teaspoon cinnamon (optional)
- 1 cup water
- 3⁄4 cup butter, softened
- 1⁄2 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1⁄4 cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
FROSTING
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened (no substitutes)
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1⁄3 cup whipping cream, unwhipped (or use 18% table cream)
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Directions
- Set oven to 350°F (oven rack set to second-lowest position).
- Line the bottom of a 10 x 15-inch jellyroll pan with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl stir together flour, sugars, baking soda, salt and cinnamon (if using).
- In a saucepan combine water with 3/4 cup butter; bring to a boil; remove from heat then stir in peanut butter and oil; mix until completely blended, then add/stir into the flour mixture until combined.
- In a bowl mix together eggs with buttermilk and vanilla until completely combined, then stir into the peanut butter/flour mixture until combined (batter will be thin).
- Spread the batter into prepared pan.
- Bake for 18-25 minutes or until cake tests done (watch closely this cake bakes quickly!).
- Cool cake in pan completely.
- For the frosting; in a large bowl beat butter with peanut butter and vanilla until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the whipping cream until combined.
- Add in 1/2 cup confectioners sugar to start then beat in the remaining confectioners sugar adding in more if necessary to achieve desired consistency.
- Spread over cooled cake.
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