Chocolate Peanut Butter Ooey Gooey Cake

Chocolate Peanut Butter Ooey Gooey Cake is an interesting take on the traditional ooey gooey cake. This recipe will appeal to peanut butter lovers.

Prep: 15 min | Bake: 30 min | Yield: one (9 x 13-inch) cake

Ingredients

Crust

• 1 (18.25 ounce) chocolate cake mix*
• 1 large egg
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted

Filling

• 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1 cup creamy peanut butter
• 3 large eggs
• 3 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, melted

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Grease a 9 x 13-inch pan.

Crust

1. Mix cake mix, egg and 1 stick melted butter with a large spoon and pat into the bottom and up the sides of pan.

Filling

1. Mix cream cheese, peanut butter, and eggs together with mixer until smooth, scraping down the sides.
2. Add confectioners' sugar and vanilla extract. Mix until smooth.
3. Slowly add melted butter to filling and mix until smooth.
4. Pour the filling over the crust and bake 25 to 30 minutes.
5. Check after 25 minutes.
6. When it is done, the edges will pull away from the sides of pan and the filling will have browned, but middle should be very gooey. It will still jiggle.

Notes

* 18.25 ounce boxes of cake mix have been replaced by 16.5 ounce and 15.25 ounce boxes. To compensate for the volume loss in a 16 ounce box, whisk 6 tablespoons all-purpose flour into the dry cake mix before proceeding with the recipe. To compensate for the volume loss in a 15.25 ounce box, add 1/2 cup + 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon baking powder.