Death by Love Cake
The Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Poke Cake is a delicious dessert featuring a chocolate cake base with added richness from sour cream, coffee, eggs, and mini chocolate chips. The cake is baked and then poked to create holes, which are filled with a mixture of melted peanut butter and condensed sweetened milk. After cooling or refrigerating, the cake is topped with a fluffy icing made from butter, peanut butter, powdered sugar, and milk. The final touch includes a generous topping of chopped peanut butter cups, creating a delightful blend of chocolate and peanut butter flavors in every bite.
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 box Chocolate Cake Mix preferably with pudding
- 16 oz Full Fat Sour Cream
- ½ Cup Dark Coffee Room Temperature
- 3 Eggs Room Temperature
- 1/3 Cup Vegetable Oil
- 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 Cup Mini Chocolate Chips
Poke Filling:
- 14 oz Condensed Sweetened Milk
- ½ Cup Melted Peanut Butter
Icing:
- ¾ Cup Unsalted Butter Room Temperature
- ¾ Cup Peanut Butter
- 3 Cups Powdered Sugar
- ½ Cup Milk
- 1 Cup Chopped Peanut Butter Cups
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- In the mixer bowl, combine sour cream, coffee, eggs, vegetable oil, and vanilla extract. Add the cake mix and mix for 2-3 minutes. Fold in the mini chocolate chips.
- Pour the batter into a greased 9 x 13-inch pan and bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes.
- Allow the cake to rest for 20 minutes after baking.
- In a small bowl, microwave peanut butter for 20 seconds or until smooth. Whisk in the condensed milk.
- Using a fork or the back of a spatula, poke holes throughout the top of the cake. Pour the poke filling over the top. Cover the cake with plastic wrap or a lid and let it completely cool or refrigerate overnight.
- In a mixer, cream butter and peanut butter for 2-3 minutes on medium speed. Slowly add in powdered sugar and milk. Once the mixture comes together, increase the speed to medium-high and whip for 3-4 minutes or until fluffy.
- Spread the icing evenly over the cooled cake and top with chopped peanut butter cups.