Description
This Snickers cake is a soft chocolate cake filled with homemade caramel and topped with peanut butter frosting and Snickers. It’s decadent and easy to make.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup All-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup Dutch process cocoa powder
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking soda
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1/2 cup Oil, canola or vegetable
- 3/4 cup White granulated sugar
- 1 tsp Pure vanilla extract
- 2 Large eggs, room temperature
- 1/4 cup Sour cream, room temperature or Greek yogurt
- 1/2 cup Buttermilk, room temperature
- 1/2 cup Hot water
- 1 cup White granulated sugar (for caramel)
- 4 TBSP Unsalted butter, room temperature (for caramel)
- 1/2 cup Heavy cream, room temperature (for caramel)
- 1/2 tsp Salt (for caramel)
- 1 tsp Pure vanilla extract (for caramel)
- 1/2 cup Unsalted butter, room temperature (for frosting)
- 1/2 cup Peanut butter, creamy
- 1 cup Powdered sugar, sifted
- 1 tsp Pure vanilla extract (for frosting)
- 1 TBSP Heavy cream (for frosting)
- Fun size Snickers, for decorating
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Spray one 8 inch cake pan with nonstick spray and line the bottom with parchment paper.
- Sift flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a mixing bowl.
- In another bowl, mix oil, sugar, vanilla, eggs, sour cream, and buttermilk. Add hot water and mix.
- Combine dry ingredients with wet ingredients and whisk until combined.
- Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 38-43 minutes. Let it cool in the pan for 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
- To make caramel, melt sugar in a medium saucepan over medium heat. Mix until all sugar is melted and turns amber. Remove from heat.
- Add butter and then cream gradually, mixing well. Stir in vanilla and salt. Let it cool completely.
- For frosting, sift powdered sugar into a bowl. Beat butter and peanut butter until creamy. Add powdered sugar, vanilla, and cream. Beat until creamy.
- Cut the top of the cake to make it flat. Poke holes into the cake and fill them with caramel using a piping bag.
- Spread the peanut butter frosting on top and decorate with Snickers.
Notes
- Do not compress flour when measuring.
- Dairy ingredients should be at room temperature.
- Caramel can be made ahead of time.
- Make frosting right before use.
- Prep Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Cake
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 slice
- Calories: 347
- Sugar: 24 g
- Sodium: 254 mg
- Fat: 24 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 14 g
- Trans Fat: 0.4 g
- Carbohydrates: 40 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 35 mg