This Peanut Butter Sheet Cake is an unbelievably moist, rich, peanut butter cake with creamy peanut butter frosting poured on top. Similar to Texas Peanut cake Cake, but for the peanut butter lover instead!
Be sure to try our thick and fudgy Peanut Butter Brownies. Swirls of peanut butter in the batter. Speaking of swirls, our Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars have swirls AND puddles of peanut butter. Peanut butter sheet cake square on a spatula for serving. Almost everyone’s had Texas Sheet Cake before, right?
I first tried Chocolate Buttermilk Sheet Cake when I was a kid and fell in love with the fudgy texture covered with melty frosting. We’re serious peanut butter lovers at this house, so I decided I needed to figure out a version of sheet cake that would deliver that swoon-worthy fudgy moist texture along with serious peanut flavor. We love our easy Peanut Butter Cake around here but I was in the mood for something more like a traditional Texas Sheet Cake but with peanut butter. Never be satisfied with just some peanut butter when you could have all the peanut butter. I also put creamy peanut butter into the soft frosting that goes on top of this cake.
I can’t wait for you to try it. Ingredients needed for peanut butter sheet cake. To make sheet cake, you don’t use a usual cake pan. Instead, you need a sheet pan style cookie sheet. 18 inch style baking sheet to make Peanut Butter Sheet Cake. Jif or Skippy for best results!
All-Purpose Flour- we tried using cake flour on this sheet cake, but it resulted in a too delicate cake. The all-purpose flour held up to the delicious peanut butter frosting. Step by step photos showing how to make peanut butter cake. Make the cake batter in a saucepan by adding peanut butter, water, and butter. Add ingredients, pour into pan, and bake.
Add to the cake whle the cake is still warm. No messing with frosting bags or piping! Sheet cake looks as good as it tastes with no fancy cake decorating skills required. Peanut butter frosting being poured over warm peanut butter sheet cake.
How do you store sheet cakes? This peanut butter sheet cake can be stored at room temperature for up to 4 days. Keep it in an airtight container or covered in plastic wrap for best taste. Sheet cakes are great for feeding a large family or crowd, but can also leave a small group with lots of leftovers. Store sheet cake in an airtight container in the freezer for up to 3 months. What kind of peanut butter is best for cake?