Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cake - starts out with a cake mix but you add delicious creamy peanut butter and chocolate chips to the batter. Then make this easy homemade chocolate glaze icing to top it all off with...it's amazing! Let me show you how another cake mix hack recipe that uses a cake mix as an ingredient.
You can really taste the peanut butter in this cake. The best thing about this recipe is it starts off with a cake mix and then I topped it with a very easy homemade chocolate glaze icing. Your family is going to love it as much as mine did.
Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake using Cake Mix
You'd never guess that this delicious cake that I'm sharing with you today ispart of my Cake Mix Baking Secrets. There's no shame in using a cake mix as the base of a great dessert. In fact, I've done it many times!
One of the secrets to using a cake mix for your baking is to top the cake with a homemade icing or glaze. This chocolate glaze recipe comes together really quick and tastes amazing.
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Main Ingredients Needed
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Ingredients for the Cake:
- 1 pkg. yellow or white cake mix with pudding
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon. vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups chocolate chips
Ingredients for the Homemade Chocolate Icing:
- 3 cups sifted powdered sugar, divided
- ⅔ cup baking cocoa
- ½ cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened
- 5 to 6 tablespoons milk, divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Step-by-Step Instructions
Step 1: Prepare the Cake Mix Batter
- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, combine the cake mix, eggs, peanut butter and milk until smooth.
- Then add the chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into a cake pan that has been sprayed with non-stick cooking spray.
Step 2: Baking Instructions
- Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes before inverting to cool completely on a wire rack.
- Once cake has cooled completely, drizzle the homemade chocolate icing on top.
Step 3: Prepare the Homemade Chocolate Glaze Icing
- Beat 1 cup powdered sugar, cocoa, butter, 2 tablespoons milk and vanilla extract in small mixer bowl until creamy.
- Gradually beat in remaining sugar and milk until smooth.
- Makes 2 cups total.
- Using a spoon, start drizzling the icing over the cake, allowing it to drip down the sides like shown in the photo below.
Tips for Icing a Cake:
- Allow the cake to cool completely before even attempting to pour the glaze on top. If you don't, the glaze will not properly cling because the cake is too warm.
- Place the cooled cake on top of the serving platter. Gently lift the edges of the cake and place pieces of parchment paper underneath.
- Then pour the glaze on top of the cake and allow the excess to collect on the parchment paper.
- Remove parchment paper before serving.
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More Easy Cake Mix Dessert Recipes:
- Chocolate Sugar Cookies
- Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies
- Four Different Cake Mix Cookie Recipes
- Chocolate Chunk Muffins
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cake
Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cake recipe from a cake mix with added peanut butter and chocolate chips topped with homemade chocolate icing.
Ingredients
Ingredients for the Cake:
- 1 pkg. yellow or white cake mix with pudding
- 1 cup milk
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups chocolate chips
For the Chocolate Icing:
- Ingredients for the Homemade Chocolate Icing:
- 3 cups sifted powdered sugar, divided
- ⅔ cup baking cocoa
- ½ cup (1 stick) butter or margarine, softened
- 5 to 6 tablespoons milk, divided
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
For the Cake:
- In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, combine the cake mix, eggs, peanut butter and milk until smooth.
- Then add the chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into a cake pan that has been sprayed with non-stick spray.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 40 to 45 minutes or until a knife inserted in the middle comes out clean.
- Cool in pan for 10 minutes before inverting to cool completely on a wire rack.
- Once cake has cooled completely, drizzle the homemade chocolate icing on top.
For the Chocolate Icing:
- Beat 1 cup powdered sugar, cocoa, butter, 2 tablespoons milk and vanilla extract in small mixer bowl until creamy.
- Gradually beat in remaining sugar and milk until smooth.
- Makes 2 cups total.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
12Serving Size:
1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 333Total Fat: 17gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 8gCholesterol: 49mgSodium: 119mgCarbohydrates: 43gFiber: 3gSugar: 34gProtein: 7g
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The best cake ever and the iceing is great. I added 1/4 c peanut butter and a little bit more milk.
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G'day! Can I get a cake to go Lois? YUM!
Cheers! Joanne
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I am pinning this to make for the family reunion this year!!! Thanks
love this one im gonna make it soon:)
Mouthwatering!!!
Gonna get my step moms recipe for PB Frosting ...I'm thinking it would be perfect for this cake! Can't wait to try it!!
That looks absolutely decadent!
That cake looks awesomely delicious.
Me want cake!! lol
So how is your Mom coming along??
and is Olivia home for the whole summer?? Hope yall are having a ball.
Have a good weekend hon,
Blessings, Nellie
You are so bad! This is another fantastic one.
Oh my gosh.... You are killing me here. LOL... I could lick the computer screen.
Oh peanut butter and chocolate are my two favorite ingredients in the whole world! sandie
I would love this cake. Hope you have a delightful weekend.
I want to make this! thanks for sharing.
That cake looks really yummy! We love chocolate and peanut butter. I think I will be making a pizza tonight. We don't have too much planned this weekend as my hubby has to work on Saturday. Have a great weekend!
My family LOVES peanut butter and I'm sure they'd enjoy this cake 🙂
WOW. My Dad, Hub and Daughter would all love this....and it looks easy enough for me to do...perhaps. Hug, Lois!
Oh my does that ever look good! Putting it in a bundt pan was a really good idea. Enjoy your week-end!
OH MY! That looks SOOOOooooooooo delicious and could SOOOOOOOooooooo ruin my diet in a heartbeat:O Maybe I'll print the recipe and take it to HI with me that way it wouldn't be just me & hubby eating the whole cake:D
This cake sure does look amazing!!!
Great looking cake! Count me in for anything with chocolate and peanut butter.
That looks completely amazing! I wish we didn't have peanut allergies in this house!
This looks delicious! I plan to make it in the next couple of weeks! Thanks, Lois. Have a wonderful weekend 🙂
Looks delicious 🙂 Glad you tried it!