This absolutely delicious chocolate sheet cake is made even more perfect with peanut butter frosting!
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time20 minutesmins
Total Time35 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Servings: 24
Calories: 117kcal
Ingredients
For the cake:
2cupsflour
2cupssugar
1/4teaspoonsalt
6Tablespoonscocoa
1cupmelted butter
1cupboiling coffee*
1/2cupbuttermilk
2eggs
1teaspoonbaking soda
1teaspoonvanilla
1bag peanut butter chips
Frosting:
1cupbutter
1cuppeanut butter
4cupspowdered sugar
8tablespoonshalf and halfregular milk is fine
chopped chocolate peanut butter cups for garnishI used 14 snack size cups
Instructions
In a large bowl, whisk together flour, sugar and salt. Set aside.
In a separate measuring cup, measure out buttermilk and whisk in two eggs, vanilla and baking soda.
In a microwave safe bowl or sauce pan, melt butter and whisk in cocoa powder until smooth.
Slowly pour in boiling coffee into the butter and chocolate.
Add the buttermilk to the chocolate mixture and stir until smooth.
Whisk into flour, sugar and salt. Stir until combined, making sure to break up large clumps of flour. Then stir in peanut butter chips.
Pour into a greased 13×18 baking sheet.
Bake at 350 for 20 minutes.
Remove from oven and let cool slightly.
While the cake is cooling, make the frosting. Combine the butter, peanut butter and powdered sugar in a bowl. Slowly add the half and half until the frosting becomes smooth and creamy.
Poke holes all over the warm cake with a form and then gently frost the cake. Garnish with chopped chocolate peanut butter cups. Serve warm.
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Notes
For the coffee, brew 8 ounces of Nabob coffee and microwave it until boiling.