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Chocolate Peanut Butter Snack Cake

A recipe for chocolate peanut butter snack cake. It is a moist, single-layer chocolate cake topped with peanut butter chips. It is quick and easy to make.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Author Renee

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/3 cup vegetable or canola oil
  • 1 teaspoon vinegar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour an 8- X 8- X 2-inch square baking pan.
  2. *Some cocoa powders tend to have lumps. Sift after measuring for best results.
  3. Whisk together flour, brown sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl.
  4. Add water, oil, vinegar, and vanilla and stir until combined.
  5. Pour batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle peanut butter chips on top.
  6. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a toothpick or cake tester inserted in the center comes out clean.
  7. Cool completely in the pan on a wire rack.
  8. Cut into squares or rectangles.

Recipe Notes

A recipe for chocolate peanut butter snack cake. It is a moist, single-layer chocolate cake topped with peanut butter chips. It is quick and easy to make.