Chocolate Peanut Butter Poke Cake
This easy and delicious chocolate peanut butter poke cake is large enough to feed a crowd and a great dessert to bring to the party.
Ingredients
- Box of chocolate cake mix.
- 1 box of instant chocolate pudding 3.9 oz
- an extra egg if box mix only calls for 2 eggs.
- 2 tablespoons chopped peanuts
- 2 tablespoons hot fudge or chocolate sauce
Peanut Butter Sauce
- 16 oz jar of creamy peanut butter
- 2 tablespoon butter
- 2 tablespoons water
Frosting
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 tablespoons or more of milk
Instructions
- Bake the chocolate cake in a 9 x 13 inch pan according to the directions on the box, adding an extra egg 3 if needed (total of 3) and the chocolate pudding.
- Remove cake and cool. Poke holes evenly spaced with the end of a wooden spoon.
- In a saucepan heat peanut butter, butter and water. Stirring until the peanut butter is melted and drips easily off a spoon.
- Reserve 2 tablespoons of the peanut butter sauce and pour the remaining amount over the cake.
- Set in refrigerator to set. (about 20 minutes.)
- Meanwhile make the frosting by whipping powdered sugar, butter, and vanilla together. Add enough milk to get the consistency you like.
- Remove cake from refrigerator, top with frosting and drizzle reserved peanut butter sauce, hot fudge, and chopped peanut all over.
Notes
Use the microwave to heat up the peanut butter sauce and hot fudge. This will make them thinner and easier to drizzle.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 294kcalCarbohydrates: 27gProtein: 6gFat: 19gSaturated Fat: 8gPolyunsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 47mgSodium: 204mgFiber: 1gSugar: 21g
Nutritional information is provided as a courtesy and is an estimate only. This information comes from online calculators. Although attempts have been made to provide accurate nutritional information, these figures are only estimates.
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