Peanut Butter Cake with Maple Frosting
Peanut Butter Sheet Cake with Maple Frosting is a simple peanut butter sheet cake recipe topped with a light & fluffy frosting made with maple syrup
Servings 20
Calories 535kcal
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 cup butter
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup milk
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 eggs
Frosting
- 1 cup butter - softened
- 8 oz cream cheese - softened
- 3 cups confectioner's sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar packed
- 3 tbsp maple syrup
Instructions
Cake
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Lightly grease a 10x15x1 baking sheet. Set aside.
- In the mixer bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda, & salt - set aside.
- In a small saucepan, combine the butter, peanut butter, and water.
- Heat over medium and bring to a boil.
- Pour the butter mixture over the dry ingredients & beat to combine. The mixture will cool slightly as you are beating.
- Add in the milk, eggs, and vanilla and continue beating until combined.
- Pour the batter onto the prepared baking sheet and bake for approx 20 min or until toothpick test is clean.
- While it's baking prepare your frosting
Frosting
- Combine the butter and cream cheese in a mixer bowl & beat well until smooth.
- Slowly beat in the confectioner's sugar, brown sugar, and maple syrup until the sugar has blended and dissolved into a creamy mixture. You can add a splash of milk if needed.
- Once the cake is finished baking and cooling - spread the frosting over the top of the cake with an offset spatula.
- Keep refrigerated.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 535kcal | Carbohydrates: 64g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 16g | Cholesterol: 78mg | Sodium: 421mg | Potassium: 144mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 52g | Calcium: 42mg | Iron: 1mg | Net Carbohydrates: 45g