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a single slice of peanut butter sheet cake with peanut butter frosting on a plate topped with peanut and flaked salt.

Peanut Butter Sheet Cake

Brooke Homec
This peanut butter sheet cake with peanut butter frosting is a moist, fudgy peanut butter cake topped with a sweet peanut butter frosting. Perfect for any type of gathering, where you can cut the slices into any size you need!
5 from 5 votes
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 24
Calories 360 kcal

Ingredients
 

Peanut Butter Cake

  • 1 cup (227 g) salted butter
  • 1 cup (236.59 ml) water
  • ½ cup (129 g) creamy peanut butter
  • cups (300 g) granulated sugar
  • ½ cup (110 g) brown sugar
  • 2 cups (280 g) all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 large eggs room temperature
  • ½ cup (120 g) buttermilk room temperature
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Peanut Butter Frosting

  • ½ cup (113.5 g) salted butter
  • ½ cup (120 g) milk
  • ½ cup (129 g) peanut butter
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • ¼ teaspoon (0.25 teaspoon) salt
  • 4 cups (480 g) powdered sugar
  • ¼ cup (36.5 g) chopped peanuts for topping
  • flaked salt for topping

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 F and grease a cookie sheet pan (13×18''). Set aside.
  • Add butter and water to a small saucepan over medium heat. Bring mixture to a boil, remove from heat and mix in peanut butter until completely melted in.
  • In a large bowl whisk together the sugar, brown sugar, flour, baking soda and salt. Pour melted butter/peanut butter over the dry ingredients while they are still warm. Whisk together until all combined.
  • In a measuring cup or small bowl whisk the eggs, buttermilk and vanilla. Mix into the cake batter.
  • Pour batter into prepared pan. Bake for 17-22 minutes, or until edges are pulling away. When there is about 5 minutes left before the cake is done baking, start the peanut butter frosting.
  • Add butter, peanut butter and milk to the same small saucepan and bring to a boil over medium heat. Remove from heat and pour into a medium mixing bowl with vanilla, salt and powdered sugar. I like to mix with electric beaters on low to make sure it's smooth. You do not want to start the frosting too soon or it will start to thicken and harden and you want that to happen on top of the cake.
  • Pour frosting over cake after it's cooled for 3-5 minutes, and use a spatula to spread evenly over the cake. The cake needs to be warm enough that the frosting can spread easily over the cake. Top with chopped peanuts and flaked salt.

Notes

Cakes will have the best results if made with room temperature ingredients. I like to pull my eggs, buttermilk and butter out of the fridge an hour or two before I start baking.
I have given both cups and grams as measurements. Grams will be more precise, especially when measuring flour. If you don’t have a kitchen scale, no problem! Just lightly spoon flour into your measuring cup to insure its not packed in there. Light and fluffy is the key.

Nutrition

Calories: 360kcalCarbohydrates: 48gProtein: 4gFat: 18gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 6gTrans Fat: 0.5gCholesterol: 47mgSodium: 320mgPotassium: 103mgFiber: 1gSugar: 38gVitamin A: 394IUCalcium: 29mgIron: 1mg
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