Description
Indulgent chocolate peanut butter poke cake promises a delightful dessert adventure for sweet enthusiasts. Rich layers of chocolate cake infused with creamy peanut butter create a mouthwatering experience you won’t soon forget.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box (425 g) chocolate cake mix
- 1 cup (250 ml) creamy peanut butter
- 1 can (14 oz / 397 g) sweetened condensed milk
- eggs (as specified on cake mix box)
- oil (as specified on cake mix box)
- water (as specified on cake mix box)
- 1 container (8 oz / 225 g) whipped topping, thawed
- ½ cup (50 g) mini chocolate chips
- ½ cup (75 g) chopped Reeses peanut butter cups
Instructions
- Cake Preparation: Preheat oven and craft chocolate cake in a 9×13-inch baking pan according to package guidelines, ensuring a rich, moist foundation.
- Perforation Process: While cake remains warm, systematically puncture the surface using a wooden spoon handle or straw, creating uniform channels for flavor infusion.
- Filling Creation: Whisk sweetened condensed milk with molten peanut butter until achieving a smooth, homogeneous liquid that will penetrate the cake’s interior.
- Moisture Infiltration: Methodically pour the peanut butter-condensed milk mixture across the cake, guaranteeing each carefully crafted hole receives comprehensive coverage.
- Cooling and Setting: Allow the cake to cool completely, enabling the filling to set and permeate every chocolate crevice, intensifying the dessert’s depth of flavor.
- Topping Application: Generously spread whipped topping across the cake’s surface, creating a light, ethereal layer that complements the rich underlying flavors.
- Decorative Finale: Sprinkle miniature chocolate chips, delicate chocolate shavings, and chopped Reeses peanut butter cups strategically, adding visual and textural complexity.
- Chilling Phase: Refrigerate the assembled dessert for at least one hour, allowing flavors to meld and intensify before serving these decadent, chilled slices.
Notes
- Ensure Cake Moisture: Pierce cake while warm to create deep channels, allowing maximum peanut butter mixture absorption for rich, moist texture.
- Temperature Control: Cool cake completely before adding whipped topping to prevent melting and maintain structural integrity of the dessert.
- Customize Sweetness: Adjust condensed milk and peanut butter ratio to control overall sweetness level, catering to different taste preferences.
- Gluten-Free Adaptation: Substitute chocolate cake mix with gluten-free alternative and verify all ingredients are certified gluten-free for dietary restrictions.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25-30 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 450
- Sugar: 36 g
- Sodium: 300 mg
- Fat: 22 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 10 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 53 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 7 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg