Did your chocolate cake fall apart? Do you have peanut butter in the cabinet? Then you can put them together to make these delicious Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Balls! This recipe is easy to make and a life saver for cake disasters!
In a large bowl stir together sugar, flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla and use hand mixer to mix until smooth - about 1 minute. Stir in boiling water with spoon.
Pour cake batter evenly into (2) 9 inch round cake pans that have been sprayed with nonstick spray.
Bake for 32-35 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let cool for 20 minutes.
For the Frosting
Beat melted butter and peanut butter in a bowl until mixed.
Gradually mix in sugar and once thick, add milk in.
Continue beating for about 2 minutes until creamy.
To make the balls
Drop your failed cakes into a large bowl. Crush with your hands or spoon to crumble the cake into small pieces.
Add frosting into the bowl. Stir with spoon.
Using your hands form tablespoon sized balls and place on wax paper cookie sheet. Continue doing this until all the cake mixture is gone.
Put in refrigerator for 45 minutes.
Remove from the fridge and roll balls into your choice of shredded coconut, powdered sugar, sprinkles or crushed nuts.
Place back on wax paper cookie sheet and refrigerate for 1 more hour.
Eat! Or throw in a freezer bag and freeze for a quick sweet snack!
Notes
This recipe is for the entire recipe. If you've used a different recipe for the failed chocolate cake, that's ok. Just use the frosting recipe and instructions that go along with making the balls.