Indulge your sweet cravings with our delectable peanut butter icing, the perfect topping for your cakes and cupcakes. This versatile frosting comes in three variations: classic, chocolate, and cream cheese, each offering a unique taste experience. The classic peanut butter icing is a timeless favorite, delivering a smooth and nutty flavor that pairs perfectly with any cake. For chocolate lovers, the chocolate peanut butter icing is a match made in heaven, combining the richness of cocoa with the irresistible taste of peanut butter. If you prefer a tangy twist, the cream cheese peanut butter icing is a delightful choice, balancing the sweetness of peanut butter with a hint of tangy cream cheese. With its rich, creamy texture and bold peanut butter flavor, this icing elevates any dessert to a new level of deliciousness. Prepare to tantalize your taste buds with our irresistible peanut butter icing variations, guaranteed to be the star of your next baking adventure.
Here are our top 12 tried and tested recipes!
PEANUT BUTTER LAYER CAKE WITH PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING
This recipe is for the peanut butter-obsessed. The cake itself is substantial but also tender. Be sure you don't skip the last 2 minutes of beating incorporating air into the butter-sugar-egg mixture makes the batter light. Spread a few tablespoons of raspberry jam on each cake layer along with the peanut butter for an easy PB&J upgrade!
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories dessert
Time 6h10m
Yield 12 to 14 servings
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- For the cake: Position an oven rack in the center of the oven, and preheat to 350 degrees F. Butter two 9-inch round cake pans, and line the bottom of each with a round piece of parchment. Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda together onto a piece of parchment or into a large bowl.
- Beat the butter, brown sugar, peanut butter and granulated sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium-high speed until the mixture is light and creamy, about 5 minutes. Scrape down the side of the bowl as needed. Add the eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition. Continue beating until the mixture is light and creamy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the vanilla. Reduce the mixer speed to medium-low, and add the flour mixture in 3 additions and the milk in 2 additions, beginning and ending with the flour. Beat until just combined.
- Evenly divide the batter among the prepared cake pans. Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Let the cakes cool in the pans for a few minutes, then transfer them to a cooling rack to cool completely. Invert each onto a cooling rack, and remove the parchment. (The cakes can be stored at room temperature, wrapped in plastic wrap, for 1 day.)
- For the buttercream: Bring a few inches of water to a boil in a saucepan large enough to hold the heatproof bowl of a stand mixer above the water.
- Whisk together the granulated sugar, egg whites and salt in the stand mixer bowl. Set the bowl above the boiling water, and whisk until the mixture is warm to the touch and the sugar has completely dissolved. Transfer the bowl to the stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment, and beat at medium-high speed until cool and the whites hold stiff peaks, about 5 minutes. Beat in 3/4 cup of the peanut butter until smooth. Beat in a couple of chunks of butter at a time, making sure the pieces are incorporated before adding more. Continue beating on medium-high speed until the buttercream thickens into stiff peaks. (The mixture at some point may appear to be very liquidy, but continue to beat.) Beat in the vanilla.
- To assemble: Slice each cake in half, for a total of 4 cake rounds. Spread the remaining 1/2 cup peanut butter on 3 of the rounds, dividing evenly. Put 1 round, peanut butter-side up, on a cake stand or serving platter, and spread about 3/4 cup of the buttercream on top, leaving about a 1/2-inch border all around. Repeat with 2 more layers of peanut-buttered cake and buttercream. Place the last cake round (without the peanut butter) on top. Frost the outside of the cake with the remaining buttercream. Refrigerate the cake until it sets up (this makes it possible to cut neat slices), at least 4 hours up to overnight. Sprinkle the top with peanut brittle before serving. Serve chilled or at room temperature.
FLUFFY PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING
The perfect fluffy frosting for brownies or chocolate cake. Sweet but not too sweet. Peanut buttery but not greasy. So wonderful and it won't over power your brownies!!!
Provided by NICKIE75
Categories Desserts Frostings and Icings
Time 10m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Place the butter and peanut butter into a medium bowl, and beat with an electric mixer. Gradually mix in the sugar, and when it starts to get thick, incorporate milk one tablespoon at a time until all of the sugar is mixed in and the frosting is thick and spreadable. Beat for at least 3 minutes for it to get good and fluffy.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 208.1 calories, Carbohydrate 18.9 g, Cholesterol 15.5 mg, Fat 14 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 4.2 g, SaturatedFat 5.4 g, Sodium 116.2 mg, Sugar 17 g
PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING
If you like peanut butter you'll love this frosting, great on chocolate cakes but for a real peanut butter experience try it on a peanut butter cake. If you don't have cream, you may substitute milk.
Provided by Suzanne Stull
Categories Desserts Frostings and Icings
Time 15m
Yield 16
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- In a large bowl, beat butter and peanut butter until light and fluffy. Slowly beat in 1/2 of the confectioner's sugar. Mix in 1/4 cup of the cream. Beat in the remaining confectioners' sugar. If necessary, add a little more cream or milk until the frosting reaches a good spreading consistency. Makes enough to frost one 2 layer 9 inch cake or one 9x13 inch cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 279.5 calories, Carbohydrate 33.2 g, Cholesterol 22 mg, Fat 15.7 g, Fiber 1 g, Protein 4.2 g, SaturatedFat 6.5 g, Sodium 117.1 mg, Sugar 30.9 g
EASY PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING
Steps:
- Beat butter in medium bowl on medium speed until fluffy. Beat in peanut butter, 1/2 cup of the powdered sugar, the milk and vanilla. Gradually beat in remaining 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar, beating after each addition until smooth.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 Serving
CREAMY PEANUT BUTTER ICING
A creamy, no-cook peanut butter icing. Perfect on chocolate cake! Should be enough to ice 24 cupcakes or 1 cake.
Provided by DSPTina
Categories Desserts Frostings and Icings
Time 10m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Beat butter in a bowl using an electric mixer until fluffy. Add peanut butter, vanilla extract, and salt; beat until incorporated. Slowly pour confectioners' sugar into peanut butter mixture while continuing to beat with the mixer; add milk until desired thickness is reached.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 182.5 calories, Carbohydrate 22 g, Cholesterol 20.5 mg, Fat 10.5 g, Fiber 0.3 g, Protein 1.5 g, SaturatedFat 5.5 g, Sodium 80.4 mg, Sugar 21.1 g
PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING
This is soooo good on a chocolate cake! I usually double the recipe for a two layer cake... peanut butter and chocolate are a great combo.
Provided by Yogi8
Categories Dessert
Time 5m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Beat butters together with electric mixer, add sugar.
- If too thick, add a little milk.
PEANUT BUTTER CAKE
This is one of my favorite cake recipes given to me from a co-worker. It is the best peanut butter cake you will ever eat. The icing is like fudge.
Provided by Karen Pugh
Categories Desserts Cakes Sheet Cake Recipes
Time 50m
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 15
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 457.6 calories, Carbohydrate 62.3 g, Cholesterol 43.8 mg, Fat 22 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 5.6 g, SaturatedFat 8.3 g, Sodium 199.6 mg, Sugar 50.9 g
PEANUT BUTTER CAKE FROSTING
Make and share this Peanut Butter Cake Frosting recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Aroostook
Categories Dessert
Time 10m
Yield 1 2layer cake
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- In bowl of mixer, beat together peanut butter, butter or margarine, and shortening, until creamy.
- Mix in vanilla and 2 Tablespoons milk.
- Slowly add powdered sugar, and with the mixer on medium beat until reaches desired consistency.
- Add more milk, 1 teaspoon at a time, if needed.
- Beat until fluffy.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 3414, Fat 163.8, SaturatedFat 56, Cholesterol 126.3, Sodium 938.9, Carbohydrate 479, Fiber 7.7, Sugar 456.6, Protein 33.9
PEANUT BUTTER SHEET CAKE
Texas Sheet Cake made with peanut butter instead of chocolate! Wonderfully moist with a delicious peanut butter frosting!
Provided by ERNSBERGER5
Categories Desserts Cakes Sheet Cake Recipes
Time 45m
Yield 20
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 10x15x1 inch jellyroll pan.
- In a large bowl, stir together the flour, 2 cups sugar, baking soda and salt. Set aside. Combine the water and 3/4 cup of butter in a saucepan, and bring to a boil. Remove from the heat and stir in 1/2 cup peanut butter and vegetable oil until well blended. Stir this mixture into the dry ingredients. Combine the eggs, buttermilk and vanilla; stir into the peanut butter mixture until well blended. Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan.
- Bake for 18 to 26 minutes in the preheated oven, or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
- While the cake bakes, place 2/3 cup sugar, evaporated milk, and butter in a saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly. Cook stirring for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the peanut butter, marshmallows and vanilla until marshmallows are melted and the mixture is smooth.
- Spoon the frosting over the warm cake and spread in an even layer. Allow to cool before cutting and serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 321.3 calories, Carbohydrate 39.9 g, Cholesterol 39.9 mg, Fat 16.6 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 5.1 g, SaturatedFat 6.6 g, Sodium 183.7 mg, Sugar 28.9 g
PEANUT BUTTER BUTTERCREAM FROSTING
This simple peanut butter buttercream frosting makes enough to frost a three- or four-layer cake. For peanut butter-lovers, this is the only frosting they need in their recipe boxes. -Iola Egle, Bella Vista, Arkansas
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 10m
Yield 4 cups.
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a large bowl, cream butter, peanut butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in milk and vanilla until smooth.,
Nutrition Facts : Calories 318 calories, Fat 20g fat (9g saturated fat), Cholesterol 31mg cholesterol, Sodium 162mg sodium, Carbohydrate 34g carbohydrate (31g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 4g protein.
PEANUT BUTTER SHEET CAKE WITH PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING
Attention all peanut-butter lovers, I urge you not to pass this one up, this is a wonderful moist cake with delicious peanut butter frosting :) Servings are only estimated depending on the the size of the slices.
Provided by Kittencalrecipezazz
Categories Dessert
Time 33m
Yield 30 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- Set oven to 350°F (oven rack set to second-lowest position).
- Line the bottom of a 10 x 15-inch jellyroll pan with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl stir together flour, sugars, baking soda, salt and cinnamon (if using).
- In a saucepan combine water with 3/4 cup butter; bring to a boil; remove from heat then stir in peanut butter and oil; mix until completely blended, then add/stir into the flour mixture until combined.
- In a bowl mix together eggs with buttermilk and vanilla until completely combined, then stir into the peanut butter/flour mixture until combined (batter will be thin).
- Spread the batter into prepared pan.
- Bake for 18-25 minutes or until cake tests done (watch closely this cake bakes quickly!).
- Cool cake in pan completely.
- For the frosting; in a large bowl beat butter with peanut butter and vanilla until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the whipping cream until combined.
- Add in 1/2 cup confectioners sugar to start then beat in the remaining confectioners sugar adding in more if necessary to achieve desired consistency.
- Spread over cooled cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 323.1, Fat 17.4, SaturatedFat 7.2, Cholesterol 36.5, Sodium 180, Carbohydrate 39.1, Fiber 1, Sugar 30.9, Protein 4.8
PEANUT BUTTER CAKE & ICING
I made as a birthday cake for a peanut butter fanatic. Wrote a message on top using raisins (I didn't have chocolate chips). The icing is especially delicious and "citrusy" (yes, you heard me right, citrus & peanut butter).
Provided by Geniale Genie
Categories Dessert
Time 50m
Yield 12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Cake:.
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Whip eggs with oil and sugar.
- Add peanut butter and whip some more.
- In a separate bowl, sift flour with baking powder.
- Slowly, add flour mixture, alternating with the milk.
- Stir minimally until smooth.
- Pour into 2 round 8" cake pans, lined with parchement or wax paper.
- Bake until toothpick comes out clean (approximately 30 minutes).
- Cool before icing.
- Icing:.
- Combine powdered sugar with peanut butter and butter.
- Add lemon and orange juices along with vanilla.
- Mix until smooth.
- Spread part of the icing on top of one of the cooled cakes.
- Place the other cake on top.
- Spread remaining icing to cover both the top and sides of the cake.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 319, Fat 14.2, SaturatedFat 3.8, Cholesterol 42.5, Sodium 119.1, Carbohydrate 42.9, Fiber 1.3, Sugar 24.7, Protein 6.8
Tips:
- Use creamy peanut butter: To get a smooth and creamy icing, ensure you use creamy peanut butter without added sugar or salt.
- Soften the butter: Before mixing, soften the butter to room temperature. This will make it easier to blend and will result in a more consistent icing.
- Gradually add the peanut butter: Add the peanut butter to the butter mixture gradually, one tablespoon at a time. This will prevent the icing from becoming too oily or separated.
- Use pure vanilla extract: For the best flavor, use pure vanilla extract instead of imitation vanilla. Pure vanilla extract will give your icing a richer, more complex flavor.
- Adjust the sweetness to taste: The icing's sweetness can be adjusted by adding more or less powdered sugar. Start with the amount specified in the recipe and add more as needed until you reach your desired sweetness level.
- Consider adding other flavors: To customize the icing, consider adding other flavors such as chocolate chips, chopped nuts, or a swirl of jelly or jam.
Conclusion:
Peanut butter icing is a delicious and versatile frosting that can be used to top cakes, cupcakes, cookies, and other desserts. It is easy to make and can be customized to your liking. With its creamy texture and rich peanut butter flavor, this icing is sure to be a hit with family and friends.
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