Hot Fudge Cake with Peanut Butter Sauce

by Lindsay on November 28, 2011

Hot fudge sauce on my couch, my sweatpants, and my camera.

And Bjork just informed me that I have a little leftover on my face. #worthit

This, well, there are no words for this. This is chocolate peanut butter perfection. I thought I had already found chocolate peanut butter perfection, which I pretty much did. But here comes chocolate peanut butter perfection round two, and it’s taking on a whole new level of ooey-gooey deliciousness.

And guess what? Just guess. You will never guess what I’m about to tell you, but I want you to guess anyways. I hate it when people do that.

Here it be: this chocolate euphoria is essentially guilt-free! Essentially! Like, eat it and get skinny.

I’m totally kidding and serious at the same time right now. Just look at the stats below.

After I made this, I was feeling real good and real healthy.

But then something predictable happened. My brain went —> chocolate —> must.have.peanut.butter. And then I whipped up a little batch of not-guilt-free creamy dreamy peanut butter sauce. I added a teeny tiny spoonful of said sauce to my cake. And ever since that moment I’ve been drowning in peanut butter sauce.

Oh my wonderfulness. This stuff is heavenly. Which is why I did us all a favor by keeping the peanut butter sauce nutrition facts to myself, k? Yep.

Hot Fudge Cake with Peanut Butter Sauce

5.0 from 2 reviews

Author: Pinch of Yum

Prep time: 5 mins

Cook time: 120 mins

Total time: 2 hours 5 mins

Serves: 8

Ingredients

1 1/2 cup brown sugar (unpacked, divided)
1 cup flour
1/4 cup + 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder (divided)
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup milk
4 tablespoons melted butter (divided)
2 teaspoons vanilla (divided)
1/4 cup white sugar (divided)
1 3/4 cups boiling water
1/4 cup light corn syrup
1/2 cup peanut butter

Instructions

Mix together 1 cup brown sugar, flour, 3 tablespoons cocoa, baking powder, and salt.
Stir in milk, 2 tablespoons melted butter, and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Spread in a greased crockpot on high setting.
Whisk 1/2 cup brown sugar, 2 tablespoons white sugar, and 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 peanut butter sauce: melt corn syrup, 2 tablespoons white sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 2 tablespoons melted butter over medium low heat. When sugar has dissolved, add peanut butter and stir until melted. Keep warm until serving.