Easy Peanut Butter Cake
Peanut Butter Cake is a tender, moist cake loaded with peanut butter flavor. There’s no softened butter and no mixer needed, so you can make this 8x8 cake in no time at all.
Servings: 9
Cost: $4.00
Equipment
- Mixing Bowls
- Saucepan
- 8x8 baking pan
Ingredients
- 1 stick (8 Tablespoons) Unsalted Butter
- 1/2 cup Water
- 1/2 cup Creamy Peanut Butter
- 1 cup All-Purpose Flour
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 large Egg
- 1/4 cup Sour Cream (sub plain or Greek yogurt)
- 1/2 teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract
- Powdered Sugar, for dusting
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F / 177°C.
- Grease an 8x8 cake pan and line it with parchment paper.
- In a small saucepan over medium-high heat (or in the microwave), heat butter, water, and peanut butter, stirring continuously, until butter is melted and the mixture is simmering.
- In a mixing bowl, whisk together flour, sugar, and baking soda.
- Pour boiling liquids over flour mixture and stir until evenly combined. Set aside and allow it to cool slightly.
- In a small mixing bowl, beat egg. Add sour cream and vanilla and whisk well.
- Add egg mixture to peanut butter batter and stir just until combined. Pour into cake pan.
- Bake until cake is set in the middle and a tester inserted comes out clean, 22 to 24 minutes.
- Let cake cool completely before removing from pan.
- Dust with powdered sugar just before serving.
Nutrition
Calories: 239kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 201mg | Potassium: 130mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 24g | Vitamin A: 54IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 21mg | Iron: 1mg