Best 11 Kraft Peanut Butter Cake Recipes

PEANUT BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
• Whisk flour, white sugar, and baking soda together in a bowl. Beat 1/2 cup milk, eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract into flour mixture using an electric mixer on low until smooth.
• Cook and stir water, 1/2 cup butter, vegetable oil, and 1/2 cup peanut butter together in a saucepan over medium heat until smooth, about 5 minutes. Stir peanut butter mixture into flour mixture until batter is well mixed; pour onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
• Melt 1/2 cup butter and 1/2 cup peanut butter together in a saucepan over medium heat until smooth; add 1/3 cup milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Whisk confectioners' sugar into mixture until icing is smooth, 3 to 5 minutes. Pour icing over warm cake.

EASY PEANUT BUTTER CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• MIX whipped topping and cream cheese together until blended well.
• ADD sugar and peanut butter until completely mixed.
• FILL pie crust and top with chocolate morsels. For firmer pie refrigerate 30 minutes before serving.

CHOCOLATE CLUSTER-PEANUT BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Prepare cake batter and bake as directed on package for 2 (9-inch) round layers. Cool cakes in pans 10 min. Remove to wire racks; cool completely. Meanwhile, beat pudding mix and milk with whisk 2 min. Add peanut butter; mix well. Refrigerate until ready to use.
• Mix nuts and melted chocolate until nuts are evenly coated. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper-covered baking sheet. Refrigerate 10 min. or until firm.
• Stack cake layers on plate, filling layers with 1 cup pudding mixture. Gently stir COOL WHIP into remaining pudding mixture; spread over top and side of cake. Decorate with chocolate-nut clusters.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER NO-BAKE CAKE

Steps:

• Add milk to peanut butter in medium bowl, beating with wire whisk until well blended. Add dry pudding mix. Beat 2 min. or until well blended. Stir in the whipped topping.
• Reserve 5 of the wafers for later use. Spread about 1 tsp. of the pudding mixture onto each of the remaining 50 wafers. Stack wafers together, standing them on edge around outer edge of round serving platter to form a ring. Spread with the remaining pudding mixture. Refrigerate 6 hours or overnight.
• Crush remaining 5 wafers; sprinkle over dessert. Make chocolate curls. Top with the chocolate curls. Fill center of ring with strawberries. Store leftover dessert in refrigerator.

CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare cake batter and bake in 13x9-inch pan as directed on package; cool completely.
• Beat cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with mixer until blended. Add peanut butter; mix well. Blend in 1 cup COOL WHIP; spread onto cake.
• Melt chocolate as directed on package. Mix with remaining COOL WHIP; spread over cake. Refrigerate 1 hour.

PEANUT BUTTER PICNIC CAKE

Steps:

• HEAT oven to 350°F (180°C).
• MIX flour, baking powder and salt; set aside. Beat margarine and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Blend in peanut butter, eggs and vanilla. Add flour mixture alternately with the milk, beating until well blended after each addition.
• POUR into two greased and floured 8 or 9-inch (20 or 23 cm) layer pans. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centre comes out clean.
• COOL 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire racks. Cool completely.
• SPREAD one layer with 2/3 cup (150 mL) preserves; top with remaining layer.
• Frosting.
• BEAT margarine; blend in peanut butter, vanilla and salt.
• ADD icing sugar alternately with milk, beating until light and fluffy.
• FROST with Peanut Butter Icing. Decorate with remaining preserves. Makes 10 to 12 servings.

CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER CAKE RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375F.
• Mix flour, baking powder and salt. Beat butter and sugar in large bowl with mixer until light and fluffy. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Add flour mixture alternately with 1 cup milk, beating after each addition until well blended. Add 1/3 cup peanut butter and vanilla; mix well.
• Pour into 2 greased and floured 9-inch round pans.
• Bake 25 min. or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 min. Invert cakes onto wire racks; gently remove pans. Cool cakes completely.
• Beat pudding mix and remaining milk in large bowl with whisk 2 min. (Pudding will be thick.) Add 1/2 cup peanut butter; mix well. Stir in COOL WHIP.
• Stack cake layers on plate, filling and frosting with COOL WHIP mixture. Top with nuts.

CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER ICE CREAM SANDWICH CAKE

Steps:

• Whisk 1/2 cup peanut butter and milk in medium bowl until blended. Add dry pudding mix; beat 2 min. Stir in 1 cup COOL WHIP.
• Arrange 4 ice cream sandwiches, long sides together, on 24-inch-long sheet of Reynolds Wrap® Aluminum Foil; top with half the pudding mixture. Repeat layers. Top with remaining sandwiches.
• Mix remaining peanut butter and COOL WHIP until blended; spread onto top and sides of dessert.
• Freeze 4 hours or until firm. Top with nuts before serving.

PEANUT BUTTER AND JAM CAKE(COOK'S COUNTRY)

Steps:

• Adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Generously grease two 8-inch square baking pans and cover pan bottoms with squares of parchment paper. Grease and flour parchment. Mix milk, egg whites, and vanilla together in 2-cup measuring cup.
• Mix flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together in bowl of electric mixer at low speed. Add butter and beat at low speed until mixture resembles moist crumbs, with no powdery streaks remaining.
• Add all but 1/2 cup of milk mixture to crumbs and beat at medium speed (or high speed if using handheld mixer) for 1 1/2 minutes. Add remaining 1/2 cup of milk mixture and beat 30 seconds more. Stop mixer and scrape sides of bowl. Return mixer to medium (or high) speed and beat 20 seconds longer.
• Divide batter evenly between three prepared cake pans and using rubber spatula, spread into even layer. Arrange pans at least 3 inches from the oven walls and 3 inches apart. (If oven is small, place pans on upper middle and lower middle racks in staggered fashion to allow for air circulation.) Bake until thin skewer or toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 21 to 25 minutes.
• Rest cakes in pans 10 minutes, then loosen from sides of pans with a knife. Invert onto large plate, reinvert onto wire racks. Cool completely, about 1 1/2 hours.
• **If you've forgotten to bring the milk and egg white mixture to room temperature, set the bottom of the measuring cup containing it in a sink of hot water and stir until the mixture feels cool rather than cold, around 65 degrees. Cake layers can be wrapped and stored for one day.
• FOR THE FROSTING: Using stand mixer fitted with whisk, whip butter, peanut butter, cream, and vanilla on medium-high speed until combined, about 30 seconds. reduce speed to medium-low and slowly add sugar until smooth, 1 to 2 minutes. increase speed to medium-high and whip frosting until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
• TO ASSEMBLE: Slice each cake in half horizontally; spread 1/2 cup jam over each bottom half and replace top half. Place 1 reassembled cake on cake plate, then spread 1 cup frosting in even layer over top. Place second reassembled cake on top of frosting. Spread remaining frosting over top and sides of cake. Press peanuts onto sides of cake. heat remaining 1/4 cup jam in bowl in microwave until melted and smooth, about 20 seconds. Transfer to piping bag or small plastic sandwich bag with 1 corner cut off. Pipe jam in straight lines over top of cake and lightly drag paring knife through lines to create marbled appearance. Serve.

PEANUT BUTTER CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Line the bottom of a 10-inch springform pan with parchment paper. Wrap the outside bottom of the pan with aluminum foil; this will prevent water from seeping in during baking.
• Prepare crust: Grind cookie thins in a food processor into a fine texture. Pour melted butter in slowly and pulse until combined. Press crumb mixture into the bottom and halfway up the sides of the prepared pan.
• Prepare filling: Beat cream cheese in a large bowl until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well and scraping the sides of the bowl after each addition. Beat in brown sugar, peanut butter, whipping cream, and vanilla extract until smooth, scraping the sides as needed.
• Pour 1/2 of the filling into the prepared pan and smooth it out with a spatula. Add mini peanut butter cups in an even layer on top, then pour remaining filling over, smoothing with a spatula. Place pan in a large baking pan and fill with 1 inch hot water.
• Set baking pan in the middle of the preheated oven and bake until edges are puffed and surface of cheesecake is firm except for a small spot in the center that will jiggle when the pan is gently shaken, about 1 1/2 hours. Run the tip of a table knife around the edges of the pan, set the pan on a wire rack, and allow the cheesecake to cool at room temperature, about 1 hour.
• While the cheesecake is cooling, prepare ganache: Place chocolate chips in a bowl. Heat whipping cream in a small saucepan until simmering, then pour over chocolate chips. Mix until chocolate has melted and mixture is smooth. Spread ganache on top of the cheesecake.
• Place in the refrigerator to chill for at least 2 hours before serving.

PHILADELPHIA EASY PEANUT BUTTER CHEESECAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F.
• Beat first 3 ingredients with mixer until well blended. Add peanut butter and milk; mix well. Add eggs; mix just until blended.
• Pour into crust.
• Bake 40 min. or until center is almost set. Cool completely. Refrigerate 3 hours.