Peanut Butter Cake
This Peanut Butter Cake is the ultimate healthy treat for all peanut butter lovers. It has a moist sheet cake base topped with rich peanut butter frosting. So delicious that you won’t be able to resist. Can you believe it’s made with whole grains and no oil?
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 25 minutes
Total Time: 35 minutes
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Ingredients
Dry Ingredients
- 250 grams (2 ½ cups) oat flour sub with wholewheat flour or preferred flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ⅙ tsp salt
Wet Ingredients
- 1 banana ripe, about 100 grams
- 2 large eggs
- 120 ml (⅓ cup 2 tbsp) maple syrup or honey
- 120 ml (½ cup) peanut butter creamy, unsalted
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Healthy Greek Yogurt Frosting
- 4 tbsp cream cheese I used low fat
- 4 tbsp Greek yogurt I used low fat
- 3 tbsp peanut butter
- 2 to 3 tbsp powdered sweetener or powdered sugar, to taste
- ¼ tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
- Heat oven to 180°C (350°F) and fold a 15 cm x 15 cm (7 inch x 7 inch) baking pan with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, mash the banana and combine with eggs, maple syrup, peanut butter and vanilla extract. Once combined, whisk in oat flour, baking powder and salt. Mix wet and dry ingredients together until you get a smooth batter.
- Pour the batter into your prepared cake pan. Bake in hot oven for 25 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of your dessert comes out clean.
- Let cool over a baking rack before frosting and serving.
Peanut Butter Frosting
- In a small bowl, mix cream cheese together with Greek yogurt, peanut butter, powdered sweetener (or powdered sugar) and vanilla extract. After mixing, use it right away or refrigerate until frosting.
- Only before serving, spread the icing on top of your (cooled) peanut cake.
Notes
Nutritional values are approximations, provided for a slice of peanut butter cake with frosting on top.
Nutrition
Serving: 1 slice | Calories: 225kcal | Carbohydrates: 27.1g | Protein: 7.9g | Fat: 10.2g | Saturated Fat: 2.4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4.5g | Trans Fat: 0.003g | Cholesterol: 33.9mg | Sodium: 139.2mg | Potassium: 242.9mg | Fiber: 3.1g | Sugar: 9.4g | Vitamin A: 79.1IU | Vitamin C: 0.9mg | Calcium: 85.9mg | Iron: 1.4mg
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