PEANUT BUTTER CHOCOLATE POKE CAKE

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When my family is planning a get-together, I can count on three or four people asking if I'm bringing this chocolate peanut butter poke cake. If you don't have a chocolate cake mix, use a white or yellow one and stir in 3 tablespoons of baking cocoa. -Fay Moreland, Wichita Falls, Texas

Provided by Taste of Home

Time 45m

Yield 20 servings.

Number Of Ingredients 7

Ingredients

1 package chocolate cake mix (regular size)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract, divided
Dash salt
2/3 cup creamy peanut butter
2 cans (14 ounces each) sweetened condensed milk
1 cup confectioners' sugar
Topping: Chopped peanut butter-filled sandwich cookies, peanut butter cups or a combination of the two

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350°. Prepare cake mix according to package directions, adding 1 teaspoon vanilla and salt before mixing batter. Transfer to a greased 13x9-in. baking pan. Bake and cool completely as package directs., Whisk peanut butter and milk until blended. Using the end of a wooden spoon handle, poke holes in cake 2 in. apart. Slowly pour 2 cups peanut butter mixture over cake, filling each hole. Refrigerate cake and remaining peanut butter mixture, covered, until cake is cold, 2-3 hours., Combine remaining vanilla and remaining peanut butter mixture; gradually beat in enough confectioners' sugar to reach a spreading consistency. Spread over cake. Add toppings as desired. Refrigerate leftovers.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 360 calories, Fat 16g fat (4g saturated fat), Cholesterol 41mg cholesterol, Sodium 312mg sodium, Carbohydrate 49g carbohydrate (40g sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 7g protein.