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Chocolate Snack Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting
This chocolate snack cake with peanut butter frosting is the perfect quick & easy indulgent recipe! Made with a simple fudgy cake recipe based off of this dark chocolate malt snack cake and slathered with a thick layer of luscious pb frosting, this cake is sure to be your new favorite.

Ingredients
Chocolate Snack Cake
Butter Frosting
Instructions
- Step 1
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and line a 9x9 inch square pan with parchment paper.
- Step 2
In a medium bowl, combine the cocoa powders, chocolate, and hot coffee together. If the chocolate does not fully melt, heat in the microwave in 20 second intervals until fully melted.
- Step 3
In a large bowl, whisk together the flour, sugars, espresso powder, baking powder, and salt.
- Step 4
To the dry ingredients, add the oil, milk, yogurt, eggs and vanilla. Whisk until fully combined.
- Step 5
Add in the chocolate mixture and whisk until fully combined.
- Step 6
Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Step 7
Allow cake to cool in the pan for a few minutes before removing to cool completely on a wire rack.
- Step 8
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter until smooth.
- Step 9
Add the peanut butter and mix until fully combined.
- Step 10
While mixing on low speed, slowly add the powdered sugar.
- Step 11
Turn the speed up to medium, then add the salt and the heavy cream and beat until smooth.
- Step 12
Frost the cake as desired and enjoy!
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