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Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting topped with SNICKERS® Peanut Butter Squared is the ultimate chocolate lover dessert!

Chocolate cake with Peanut Butter frosting

I, of course, love chocolate. But what I love even more is chocolate and peanut butter together. When I recently learned about SNICKERS® Peanut Butter Squared, I knew I had to buy some to try. Besides just snacking on them, I decided to incorporate them in my Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting recipe. 

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Chocolate cake with Peanut Butter frosting

My mom would frequently make chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting for parties and holidays when I was growing up. Then I eventually became in charge of making the desserts at all of our family events. I occasionally make my chocolate cake with peanut butter icing for holidays. It is also my husband’s favorite kind of cake.

Since I just discovered SNICKERS® Peanut Butter Squared, I decided to incorporate it into my chocolate cake recipe. After the two layers of chocolate cake were baked and cooled, I made my peanut butter frosting. I covered the top of one of the layers with the frosting. Then sprinkled on chopped up pieces of SNICKERS® Peanut Butter Squared. I stacked the second layer of cake on top and then covered the cake with frosting. I used the remaining SNICKERS® Peanut Butter Squared pieces as the topping on the frosted cake. The SNICKERS® Peanut Butter Squared were the perfect compliment to my Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting.

Chocolate cake with Peanut Butter frosting

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Chocolate Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting
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Serves: 12
 
Ingredients
Chocolate Cake
  • 1¾ cup flour
  • 1½ cup white sugar
  • ¾ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1½ tsp. baking soda
  • 1½ tsp. baking powder
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • ½ cup butter, melted
  • 1 cup hot coffee
Peanut Butter Frosting
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1½ cup confectioners's sugar
  • 2 Tbs. milk, or until desired
Toppings
  • 1 cup chopped SNICKERS® Peanut Butter Squared
Instructions
Chocolate Cake
  1. Preheat oven to 350 F. Grease two 9 inch round cake pans.
  2. In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Add eggs, milk, vanilla extract and butter. Mix with an electric mixer mix for 2 minutes. Then hand stir in the coffee. Pour the mixture into the two prepared cake pans.
  3. Bake for 35 minutes, or until inserted toothpick comes out clean.
  4. Allow to cool in pans for 10 minutes. Then invert the cakes onto wire racks to cool completely.
Peanut Butter Frosting
  1. In a bowl, beat together butter and peanut butter. Gradually mix in sugar, and the milk as needed. Beat frosting for 5 minutes.
  2. Cover the top of one of the cakes with frosting, then sprinkle with a ½ cup of SNICKERS® Peanut Butter Squared. Stack the second cake on top. Then cover the top and sides of the cake with the frosting. Sprinkle the remaining SNICKERS® Peanut Butter Squared on top of the frosted cake.

 

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  1. Oh my gosh…this looks absolutely delicious! Would love to try making it. Thanks for sharing the recipe.

  2. This cake looks as beautiful as it probably tastes! Anything with chocolate and peanut butter is always delicious and SNICKERS® just makes it even better! #client

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