Peanut Butter Cake Bars
Peanut Butter Bars are a peanut butter lovers dream. Peanut butter cake like bars enhanced with a decadent peanut butter frosting. That perfect peanut butter sweetness in every bite.
Servings 12
Calories 294kcal
Ingredients
- ~ For the Cake~
- ¼ cup Creamy Peanut Butter
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 cups cake flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- ½ cup buttermilk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ~For the Icing~
- ¾ cup Butter
- ¼ cup buttermilk
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 35 degree Fahrenheit. In a small saucepan, bring peanut butter, water and butter to a soft boil. Just until combined. Remove from the heat. Cool 5 minutes.
- In a large bowl mix dry ingredients, flour, sugars and salt with a whisk to sift. Slowly add in peanut butter mixture and stir to mix.
Add eggs, buttermilk and vanilla. Mix well. Pour into a lightly greased glass 9 x 13 casserole dish. Bake for 20-30 minutes until set. Will not rise very much. Cool - For the icing. In a saucepan, mix all ingredients EXCEPT powdered sugar and vanilla. Bring to a soft boil and then remove from heat. Add powdered sugar and vanilla. Mix well.
- Pour over cooled cake and allow to set. If need be can refrigerate to speed up this process.
Nutrition(All values are estimates only)
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 294kcal | Carbohydrates: 50g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Cholesterol: 52mg | Sodium: 277mg | Sugar: 32g