Peanut Butter and Jelly Cake
This Peanut Butter and Jelly Cake is perfect for the PB&J lover in your life! It’s pretty, nostalgic, and full of flavor!
Hi. I’m a 35 year old woman who eats a peanut butter and jelly sandwich almost every day.
They just really never stop being delicious, you know? Some foods are only good at certain times or when you’re in the mood for them. Like deviled eggs or meat loaf. But peanut butter and jelly is great any time of day.
It’s basically the perfect food, is what I’m saying.
I like PB&J’s with strawberry jam just fine, but there’s something about grape jelly that is far superior. But separate from the peanut butter, mind you, NOT mixed together in the same jar.
I know that some of you go crazy for that Goober stuff where the peanut butter and jelly are mixed together. And I know that God doesn’t want us to judge people. But I have to say, lovingly and with a hint of judgement (God would understand in this instance, of that I am certain) that you are a sick human being.
Jelly and peanut butter were not meant to be bought in the same jar. They just weren’t. It’s an abomination of Biblical proportions. And I guess if you’re really into that sort of thing, we can be friends, but I’ll never trust you completely. Like if I ever have to stop at the ATM when we are together, I will most definitely cup my hand over the keypad so you can’t see my Pin number. We will never be Pin Number friends, it just can’t happen.
This cake is so fun and perfect for the Peanut Butter and Jelly lover in your life! Moist peanut butter cake frosted with grape jelly buttercream. What else could you possibly want from life?
Well, maybe potato chips and a million dollars. But nothing else, that’s for darn sure.
Ingredients
- Cake:
- 1/2 cup salted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1 cup light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup whole milk
- Frosting:
- 2 sticks salted butter, slightly softened
- 1/2 teaspoon unsweetened grape Kool-Aid mix
- 3 Tablespoons grape jelly
- 3 1/3 cups powdered sugar
- 3 teaspoons warm water
- Additional peanut butter and jelly for garnish, if desired
- Purple food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350. Butter and flour 3 (8 inch) round cake pans and set aside. Alternately, you can make 2 thicker cakes.
- In a medium bowl, combine the flour and baking powder. Set aside.
- In the bowl of your mixer, beat butter, peanut butter and both sugars on medium speed for 2 minutes, until light and fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, then add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each. Beat in vanilla extract.
- With the mixer on medium low, beat in flour and milk alternately, starting and ending with the flour mixture. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and give the batter a good stir from the bottom with a rubber spatula.
- Spread batter evenly in prepared pans and bake for about 25-30 minutes or until top springs back when lightly touched in the center. Remove from oven and let cool in the pans for 5 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely.
- Prepare frosting:
- In the bowl you your mixer, beat butter, Kool-Aid mix, and grape jelly until smooth. With the mixer on low, slowly add powdered sugar, a little bit at a time, until just mixed in. Add warm water food coloring and slowly increase mixer speed to high. Beat for one minute, until smooth and fluffy.
- Stack and frost cake. If desired, chill after frosting, until firm, then top with peanut butter and jelly for garnish.
Enjoy friends! Have a very happy Monday!
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This. Cake. Is. AWESOME. Seriously, I’m a peanut butter and jelly FANATIC and I love that you made a freakin’ gorgeous layer cake of the stuff! I, too, eat it on the daily and I love mine with grape as well. There’s something so perfect and nostalgic about grape jelly with peanut butter. And you’re so right about those Goober jars; they freak me out. What’s next, ketchup and mustard in the same jar? If our world comes to that I will be seriously disappointed.
I need this in my life. I’m salivating over pixels… PIXELS!!!
This cake is so gorgeous!! I love me a PB&J!
Your post made me laugh! Agree that those people are sick human beings!
I still eat PB&J for lunch almost every day, too! Can’t stop won’t stop. ;)
Oh my gosh, how fun is this?! Gotta have this immediately :)
This cake is stunning, Kristan! PB&J is such a classic and will always hold a special place in my heart (in separate jars please haha) no matter how old I am too :)
There is never not a time that a PB&J doesn’t sound amazing!! And this cake totally nails it!
I too still eat pb & j allll the time! this cake looks amazing!
Oh I love this so very much! I eat pb and j all the time too.
pb&j sandwiches are pretty much the best thing ever! I am loving this cake!!
This is such a fun cake!!! Love it :)
I laughed my socks off reading this post and I love how delicious this cake looks!
I am absolutely in love with this cake Kristan! Gorgeous!
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This is seriously such a fun cake!!! And there is definitely something so comforting about eating a peanut butter and jelly sandwich as an adult :-)
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Hahahaha your posts always make me laugh! I as an adult eat a peanut butter sandwich everyday! As a true peanut butter lover this cake looks amazing!
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I am a huge fan of peanut butter and jelly! That frosting looks really cool! I want to try it out.
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Hi! I saw the recipe calls for 1/2 teaspoon of Kool Aid mix, is that one packet of Kool Aid?
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PB & J lives on and this old (young) lady eats one on a daily basis too. I can’t wait to make this yummy looking cake. Thanks for sharing this.
Hi..
I’m from Malaysia. Unfortunately, we don’t have Kool Aid mix here.. Is there a substitute that I can use or can it be omitted?
Thanks a million! :)
Jocinta
I think we would be PIN friends for sure. I’m a big fan of PB&J sandwiches and PB&J cake. I made my first on just a few weeks ago.
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great cake, Kristan!
Hi Kristan!
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I laughed my socks off reading this post and I love how delicious this cake looks!