This makes a very dense cake. The batter looked like normal cake batter until I split it and added the cocoa powder and the peanut butter. The batter with the cocoa became very dry, and the batter with the peanut butter became very thick. When I poured it into the cake pan (I did a 9 inch round), it looked more like cookie dough than cake batter. Consequently, I couldn't do the knife swirl very well, so it was more like patches of chocolate within the peanut butter. It was a good cake, but I wouldn't make it for friends.
Peanut Butter Swirl Cake
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Nutritional Information
Amount per serving
- Calories: 156
- Calories from fat: 33%
- Fat: 5.8g
- Saturated fat: 1.2g
- Monounsaturated fat: 2.5g
- Polyunsaturated fat: 1.7g
- Protein: 3.7g
- Carbohydrate: 23.1g
- Fiber: 0.3g
- Cholesterol: 14mg
- Iron: 1.1mg
- Sodium: 93mg
- Calcium: 24mg
Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- 1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup reduced-calorie stick margarine, softened
- 1 1/4 cups firmly packed brown sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 large egg whites
- 1 large egg
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1/4 cup reduced-fat creamy peanut butter
Preparation
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Coat a 9-inch square baking pan with cooking spray; dust with 1 tablespoon flour. Set aside.
- Cream margarine. Gradually add sugar; beat at medium speed of a mixer until well-blended. Add vanilla, egg whites, and egg; mix until blended. Combine 1 1/2 cups flour and baking powder; with mixer at low speed, add dry ingredients to creamed mixture. Reserve 1 1/2 cups of batter; pour remaining batter into a bowl. Stir cocoa into reserved batter; stir peanut butter into remaining batter. Spoon cocoa batter alternately with peanut butter batter into prepared pan. Swirl together using the tip of a knife. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean.
Peanut Butter Swirl Cake Recipe at a Glance
- COURSE: Desserts, Cakes/Frostings
- CONVENIENCE: Kid-Friendly, Make-Ahead
- CUISINE: American, New American
- DIETARY CONSIDERATION: Low Cholesterol, Low Sodium
- COOKING METHOD: Bake
- OCCASION: Birthdays/Anniversaries
- PUBLICATION: Cooking Light
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