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Slow Cooker Recipe
Fudgy Peanut Butter Cake
We needed a bit of a chocolate fix on Friday. And because nothing comforts like the combination of chocolate and peanut butter, we decided to go with this Fudgy Peanut Butter Cake. Apparently the owner of our local grocery agrees because he put down the phone to have us repeat what we were making when we stopped in to buy our ingredients. Then he wondered if he could come down over his lunch break for a serving.
The cake is sturdy and the fudgy-peanut butter sauce simply melts in your mouth. Serve it warm with melting vanilla ice cream and the whole neighborhood might just be over with a bowl and spoon – even the local grocer!
Fudgy Peanut Butter Cake
Fix-It and Forget-It Christmas Cookbook, page 258
Makes 4 servings
Prep. Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 1½ hours
Ideal slow cooker size: 2- to 3-qt.
Ingredients:
¾ cup sugar, divided
½ cup flour
¾ tsp. baking powder
1/3 cup milk
¼ cup peanut butter
1 Tbsp. oil
½ tsp. vanilla
2 Tbsp. dry cocoa powder
1 cup boiling water
1. Butter or spray interior of slow cooker.
2. Mix ¼ cup sugar, flour, and baking powder together in a small bowl.
3. In another larger bowl, mix milk, peanut butter, oil, and vanilla together. Beat well.
4. Stir dry ingredients into milk-peanut butter mixture just until combined. Spread in buttered slow cooker.
5. In bowl, combine cocoa powder and remaining ½ cup sugar. Add water, stirring
until well mixed. Pour slowly into slow cooker. Do not stir.
6. Cover. Cook on High 1½ hours, or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
Serving suggestion: Serve warm with vanilla ice cream.
Note:
I take this to potlucks and it is always a hit.
Notes from the Recipe Tester:
1. I was pretty sure my kids would love this, so I doubled the recipe. I cooked that larger recipe for 2 hours. The kids came back for second and third helpings!
2. This is a pretty sturdy cake. I kept one of my test cakes for over an hour before serving it, and it was just as good, if not better, than the one we ate right away.
Thank you for sharing this recipe. It looks absolutely scrumptious…I think I’ll have to make it TODAY!! I’ll let you know how the family likes it. I’m sure that they are going to love it. Thanks again.
Looks yummy, def trying it!
My two favorite foods in one place….oh yes….I will be trying it soon.
You need a print button so I don’t have to print all this stuff….Thanks.
Ditto on the print button. This is looking like a Monday recipe to me!!!
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> I vote for a print button as well!! I need to print SO many of your recipes!!
> Try Joliprint to make a pdf and a good printable copy of these sorts of posts and recipes…
Wow!! Many thanks for the “Joliprint” tip. I just did it!!! That will surely come in handy. And this cake looks scruptous!!!
> http://www.printfriendly.com/ is another option (that I like better).
You can also press the “Print Page” button, which puts it on your clipboard, open a (new) word document, click the clipboard icon and the part of the page you wanted to print will be on the word doc! I do it all the time and have an electronic folder with recipes. Saves paper!>
This looks like a winner for my family reunion this summer! I love meals that I can just throw in the crock pot, turn it on, and it’s done!
Please post nutritional information.
why ruin a good recipe with too much knowledge? you KNOW this can’t be deemed ‘healthy’, as it looks SO yummy
wow! Sounds great! I’ll be making it today as well. Thank you for sharing! I can always use a delicious time saver!!
I highlight the receipe and then go to office excel and copy. This way you just print what you want!
Sounds absolutely wonderful, and AMEN! to the print button request.
This recipe looks great!!! We have a tradition of making birthday cakes at home for our family members and try to out do the last every time~~ I think this will be a hard one to top! ( I have a daughter turning 14 on Wed and these are her favorite flavors!) Thanks for the great idea. Wish me luck!
I’m going to take this to the office tomorrow, and plug it in, and drive everyone NUTS with the aroma while ‘baking’
yes, i’m evil….but the torture will well be worth the wait.
This sounds great! Can’t wait to try it.
Mmm sounds yummy. Gonna try this one today. But i dont see how much milk is needed, just a square box where the amount should be. Can anyone tell me? Will starts this as soon as i know. Thanks for sharing this, cant wait to try it.
> 1/3 cup of milk
Hi Tina, It’s 1/3 cup milk. Thanks!
It would be nice if you all would show the cooker used for the recipe and not just the finished product. That way, we’d have some idea of whether we had the right sized slow cooker without checking and could print out the recipe right away. Just a thought.
Thanks.
Hi Katbear, The ideal slow cooker size is include at the top of most recipes (in this case it’s 2-to-3-quarts). If you’re not sure how big your slow cooker is, try filling it with water and then measure the number of quarts you’ve used. Thanks!
This sounds like a keeper! Peanut butter and fudge, AND I can fix this in my slow cooker?!? Just what I’m looking for! : )
Sounds great. Its my two favorite combinations. I will be making it this afternoon. Thanks for the recipe.
Sweetened or unsweetened cocoa powder?
If you want to double or triple this recipe, will it come out just as good?
Hi Jackie, We doubled the recipe when we made it last week. It may need to cook a bit longer so keep an eye on it and make sure to test it with a toothpick as the recipe indicates. Thanks!
In order to print a recipe, just copy and paste the text into a WORD document or…..sometimes I just paste it into a “new” email box.
Today is my husbands birthday. I am going to make this instead of a traditional cake.
I didn’t see an answer to Jackie’s question about doubling the recipe. Can you do it by just doubling the ingredients and using a larger slow cooker? Thanks
When I find a recipe that catches my eye, I copy and paste it into a Word document and place it in a recipe file on my computer. That way, it’s there when I need it, and I don’t clutter up the house with loose recipes that I’ve printed. You can bet this is a recipe I’m adding to my file!
it’s in the crock right now. A friend posted this to facebook and I got right up to try it because it sounded wonderful. looks like we’ll be having dessert before dinner tonight!
For all the print comments try to highlight what you want then press print preview than you have to tell it to print as highlighted on screen
I would like to try doubling the recipe. My problem is I don’t have a slow cooker smaller than 4 Qt. Do I have a problem? How long would it need to cook in it? I really would like to use it for a potluck we are going to, but I will experiment first according to your answer.
I copy and paste recipe into my e-mail then I print from there.
Had to wait to make this, cuz I didnt have any baking powder. But its finaly in the crockpot right now. Does it matter what kind of milk? I used 1%
So, i really want to try this but I have a question. Once you make the mixture, do you just dump it in the crockpot or do you put it in and make a “well” in the center…? Seems like if you did that, it would be like chocolate warming cake.
Next time someone makes this, would you post a photo of what it looks like once it is put in the crockpot? Thanks. I really want to make it for a girls get together/birthday party this Sunday.
Is this on Weight Watchers? ;o) It sounds TOOOO GOOD. Must try it!!
I just took a picture but dont know how to post it. will be glad to share it with you all once i figure out how. Any help would be appreciated. thanks.
Oh My. That is so good, even without Ice cream. Gonna pick some up tomorow and try it again.
I doubled the recipe since I have a 5 qt. crockpot. It took about two hours to cook as stated. It was good but the cake had an interesting texture and the sauce took a while to thicken up. Has anyone tried cutting back on the sugar a little. It seemed very sweet and I generally like sweet things! Thanks!
I want to double the recipe as well but the smallest crock pot I have is 5 1/2 quarts. Can I use one that large to make this cake? If so, how long should I cook it? Thanks!
I made this this morning & put it together this morning. I doubled the recipe as I have a larger crock pot & needed more servings for the office. I will cook it for 2 hrs before checking.
Is the ‘fudge sauce’ supposed to be watery when its mixed & poured over cake?
Does it thicken while cooking? I sure hope so
Has anyone made this in a larger crockpot? If I double it would it work in a large pot?
I have an oval 6qt crock pot. i doubled it, and cooked it for 2 hrs.
the cake floats to the top & the fudge lake is underneath.
There is plenty of room in mine for the doubled recipe. in fact I could have easily tripled the batter portion…and leave the fudge portion at double.
ok…the recipe (IMHO) needs at the very least a DASH of salt or if you double it, maybe 1/4 tsp salt. The batter/cake portion is kind of ‘bland’ without salt. I ALMOST put some in, but followed the recipe exactly to try that first.
and i recommend you do NOT use DARK cocoa powder (it’s all i had).
It most definitely would be better WITH vanilla ice cream on top.
I just ordered the big cook book off QVC yesterday & can hardly wait to get it – in the mean time I’ll do some damage with the slow cooker with this fabulous looking Fudgy Peanut Butter Cake
Yes, a print button would be really nice. I’ve been copying/pasting the recipes to a blank word page and then printing.
I made this for my son-in-law’s birthday on 21 April 2011. I doubled everything and cooked it for 2 hours, then kept it on warm until the family got home and ate dinner. We ate the whole thing along with some neighbors. All of them raved about it. These grandkids are suspicious about anything new, but when they finally ate it, they loved it! My son-in-law said he would eat it anytime and all the neighbors want the recipe. Thanks for a great dessert!
Just highlight what you want to print *just the recipe* then when you click print, it will give you the “selection” option…. Easy solution.. enjoy!