Chocolate & Peanut Butter Ooey Gooey Cake
An easy 3 layer delicious dessert made easy with a box cake mix.
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 sticks butter, melted (DIVIDED)
- 1 (15.25oz) box chocolate cake mix (I used Devil's Food)
- 3 large eggs, room temperature (DIVIDED)
- 1 (8oz) package cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 cups powdered (confectioner's sugar) sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Topping
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup heavy whipping cream
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9 x 12 baking dish with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl mix together cake mix, one egg, and 1/2 cup melted butter. Pour mixture into bottom of prepared baking dish and pat down evenly.
- In another large mixing bowl using an electric hand mixer beat cream cheese until softened. Beat in eggs one at a time.
- Add in the powdered sugar 1 cup at a time. Mix in 1/2 cup melted butter until smooth.
- Pour this mixture over the cake mix in prepared baking dish. Bake in preheated oven for 45-50 minutes until golden on top and slightly gooey in center of cake.
- In a medium bowl place 1/2 cup peanut butter and 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips. In a small sauce pan bring 1/2 cup whipping cream to a simmer for 1 minute. Pour hot cream over the chocolate chips and peanut butter. Stir to combine. NOTE: (microwave 1 minute and stir and microwave another 1 minute and stir and that should help finish melting the chips, if needed.)
- Pour chocolate mixture over top of chocolate peanut butter cake and smooth evenly. Let sit on counter for 1 hour to set up before serving. Enjoy.