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Hot Fudge Cake with Peanut Butter Sauce

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Oh my chocolatey peanut buttery goodness.

Ingredients

  • FOR THE CAKE:
  • 1-½ cup Brown Sugar (not Packed, Divided)
  • 1 cup Flour
  • 7 Tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder, Divided
  • 2 teaspoons Baking Powder
  • 1 teaspoon Salt
  • ½ cups Milk
  • 2 Tablespoons Melted Butter
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 2 Tablespoons White Sugar
  • 1-¾ cup Boiling Water
  • FOR THE SAUCE:
  • ¼ cups Light Corn Syrup
  • 2 Tablespoons White Sugar
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
  • 2 Tablespoons Butter
  • ½ cups Peanut Butter

Preparation

Mix together 1 cup brown sugar, flour, 3 tablespoons cocoa, baking powder, and salt. Stir in milk, melted butter, and vanilla. Spread in a greased crockpot on high setting.

Whisk the remaining 1/2 cup brown sugar, white sugar, and remaining 1/4 cup cocoa powder together. Sprinkle over the batter in the crockpot. Pour boiling water over the top—do not stir! Let cook for 2 hours.

For the peanut butter sauce, melt corn syrup, white sugar, vanilla, and butter over medium low heat. When sugar has dissolved, add peanut butter and stir until melted. Keep warm until serving.

Serve cake drizzled with peanut butter sauce.

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librarygirl62 on 12.3.2011

Are you kidding me? This sounds too easy and too amazing! I have to make this asap!

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ac007 on 12.3.2011

Wow! This sounds so good! I love the peanut butter and chocolate combo.

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free to be me on 12.3.2011

I just saved this recipe and want to make it. My slow cooker is a 4-quart, what size do you use? Thanks! I’m looking forward to tasting this yummy dessert!

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kimjs on 12.2.2011

I’m making this for my daughter when she comes home this weekend. Her two favorite things, peanut butter & chocolate. Thanks for sharing this.

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Jen @ Peanut Butter and Peppers on 12.1.2011

This recipe looks fabolous!! Thanks for sharing!

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JESSICA on 12.17.2011

I made this for my family and they LOVED it. This is definitely a keeper!!!! Will be making this again. And it’s so easy. Just put it in the crockpot and forget about it. The sauce is really easy and soooo good.

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