Peanut butter lovers, you’ve met your match. This cake is filled to the brim with creamy peanut butter and chopped honey-roasted peanuts. Did we mention the peanut butter and chocolate glaze?
Crunchy-Topped Peanut Butter Cake
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 3 hr 35 min
- Servings 16
- Ingredients 15
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup coarsely chopped honey-roasted peanuts
- 2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1 1/4 cups sugar
- 2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
- 3 eggs
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Glaze
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips (3 oz)
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons light corn syrup
- 1 to 2 teaspoons hot water
- 3 tablespoons creamy peanut butter
Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 325°F. Grease bottom and side of 12-cup fluted tube cake pan with shortening; lightly flour. Sprinkle nuts evenly in bottom of pan. In medium bowl, mix flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; set aside. In large bowl, beat 1/2 cup butter and 3/4 cup peanut butter with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth, scraping bowl occasionally. Beat in eggs. On low speed, beat in milk and vanilla. Beat in flour mixture just until blended, scraping bowl occasionally. Spread in pan.
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Step2Bake 55 to 65 minutes or toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 2 hours.
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Step3In 1-quart saucepan, heat chocolate chips, 2 tablespoons butter and corn syrup over low heat, stirring frequently, until chocolate chips are melted. Cool about 10 minutes. Stir in hot water, 1 teaspoon at a time, until glaze is smooth and has the consistency of thick syrup. Spoon over top of cake, allowing glaze to run down side.
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Step4In small microwavable bowl, microwave 3 tablespoons peanut butter on High 20 seconds or until it can be stirred smooth and is drizzling consistency. Drizzle over top of chocolate glaze.
Nutrition
390
Calories
22g
Total Fat
9g
Protein
39g
Total Carbohydrate
23g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 390
- Calories from Fat
- 190
- Total Fat
- 22g
- 33%
- Saturated Fat
- 8g
- 41%
- Trans Fat
- 0g
- Cholesterol
- 55mg
- 18%
- Sodium
- 330mg
- 14%
- Potassium
- 220mg
- 6%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 39g
- 13%
- Dietary Fiber
- 2g
- 10%
- Sugars
- 23g
- Protein
- 9g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 6%
- 6%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 8%
- 8%
- Iron
- 8%
- 8%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 2 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 1 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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