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Prep Time:

15 min

Start to Finish:

1 hrs, 5 min

Makes:

8 servings

Candy Bar Peanut Butter Cake

Stir up a one-bowl snack cake in no time. Yummy baked-on candy means no frosting needed!

Ingredients

  • 1 ½ cups Gold Medal® all-purpose flour
  • ¾ cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup peanut butter
  • ¼ cup butter or margarine, softened
  • ¾ cup milk
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ cup coarsely chopped miniature chocolate-covered peanut butter cup candies

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 350ºF. Grease bottom and side of 9-inch round cake pan or 8-inch square pan with shortening; lightly flour.
  2. In medium bowl, beat all ingredients except candies with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds, scraping bowl constantly. Beat on high speed 3 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pan. Sprinkle with candies.
  3. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Serve warm or cool.

Nutritional Information

  • 1 Serving :
    • Calories : 320 (Calories from Fat: 120)
    • Total Fat : 14g (Saturated Fat: 5g, Trans Fat: 0g)
    • Cholesterol : 70mg
    • Sodium : 320mg
    • Total Carbohydrate : 41g (Dietary Fiber: 1g, Sugars: 22g)
    • Protein : 8g
  • Percent Daily Value* :
    • Vitamin A (%DV) : 6%
    • Vitamin C (%DV) : 0%
    • Calcium : 10%
    • Iron (%DV) : 8%
  • Exchanges :
    • Starch : 2
    • Other Carbohydrate : 1
    • Vegetable : 0
    • Fat : 2½
  • Carbohydrate Choices :  3
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Recipe Tip:

Substitution

Chocolate chunks make a good stand-in for the candies.