Peanut Butter Sheet Cake

Submitted by CoffeeB

"Almost like a brownie since it's made in a jelly roll pan. Of course I can never get enough of my fixation on p.b. and the best part is the frosting--"

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 18

ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup peanut butter, creamy
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup applesauce
• 1 cup water
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 2 eggs
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

• Frosting

• 1⁄2 cup peanut butter, creamy
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄3 cup milk
• 1 lb powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

directions

1. Combine 1st four ingredients in a saucepan.
2. Bring to a boil.
3. Remove from heat.
4. Mix in remaining ingredients.
5. Pour into a lightly greased jelly roll pan.
6. Bake 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes.
7. Cool and frost.
8. Frosting:.
9. Place 1st three ingredients in a saucepan.
10. Bring to a boil.
11. Remove from heat.
12. Blend in powdered sugar and vanilla until smooth.

Reviews

[Bread n Butter]

It is very good, but as some have said also very sweet. It didn't stop everyone from gobbling it up though. Thank you for posting!

 

[AcadiaTwo]

Very tasty peanut butter cake! I made a layer cake out of it. I used the peanut butter icing for the middle layer and covered the rest of the cake with dark chocolate frosting. We felt that the peanut butter icing was a little too sweet for our taste, but the dark chocolate helped to cut the sweetness. Made for Sweet Traditions tag.

 

[kittycatmom]

I made this for DH's ranch boys. They just loved it! The frosting is just delicious! I used Splenda in place of sugar so I could try this. Worked great with 1 3/4 cup Splenda. I will make this delicious cake often! Thanks CB! Made for KK Mini cookathon bonus!

 

[LARavenscroft]

Very yummy cake and so easy. Made this for our church picnic and needless to say there wasn't any for me to bring home. This is a nice change from the normal chocolate sheet cake. Can't wait to try it again with chocolate frosting. Also, this was very easy to convert to gluten free - just used my favorite flour mix and added 1 T of ground flax seed. Thanks for posting this Coffee! Made for Zaar Cookbooks Tag.

 

[Sam 3]

Very moist! I halved the recipe into an 8x8 pan but still had to bake it for 25 minutes. I lower the sugar to 3/4 cup and still found it to be too sweet. I know DH will love it though!