Dessert for 16

Peanut Butter Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake

Name: Peanut Butter Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake
Total time: 14 min
Yield: 16 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 devil's food cake mix; 1 egg; 1/2 cup butter; 1 cream cheese; 1 cup creamy peanut butter; 3 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla; 1/2 cup butter; 1 powdered sugar

$1.62for 414 minServes 16

This gooey cake uses a chocolate cake crust with a peanut butter cream cheese layer baked until softly set.

Peanut Butter Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake

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What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Cake, 1 oz$0.18/oz typical	1 oz	$0.18Typical price
	Eggs, 4$0.30 each typical	4	$1.20Typical price
	Butter, 8 oz$0.40/oz typical	8 oz	$3.20Typical price
	Cream cheese, 1 oz$0.30/oz typical	1 oz	$0.30Typical price
	Peanut butter, 9 oz$0.14/oz typical	9 oz	$1.26Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$6.47

Swaps

Swap butter for margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices

Pantry staples you likely have

Cornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaSyrups, molasses, powdered sugar

Not included in the cost.

14 minstart to table
Easydifficulty
16servings as written
$typical cost tier

American Vegetarian Kid-friendly Budget Desserts

Typical price

$0.40 per serving$1.62 for 4

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Ingredients

1 devil's food cake mix
1 egg
1/2 cup butter
1 cream cheese
1 cup creamy peanut butter
3 eggs
1 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup butter
1 powdered sugar

Steps

Heat the oven to 350 F and grease a 9-by-13-inch baking pan.
Mix the cake mix, one egg, and the first butter until a thick dough forms, then press it into the pan.
Beat the cream cheese, peanut butter, three eggs, vanilla, second butter, and powdered sugar until smooth.
Spread the peanut butter mixture over the crust and bake for 12 to 14 minutes, until the center is softly set.
Cool the cake in the pan before cutting it.

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