Chocolate Peanut Butter Malt Poke Cake
Chocolate and peanut butter lovers! Indulge in this rich, chocolate poke cake! It's poked and filled with a delicious chocolate peanut butter malt filling, then topped with a fluffy chocolate peanut malt whipped cream layer. Vibrant Easter peanut butter M&Ms and malted milk balls are sprinkled on top of the cake with drizzles of chocolate syrup. Perfect for Easter!
Servings: 12
Calories:
Ingredients
Chocolate Cake, box mix + ingredients called out
Peanut Butter Chocolate Malted Poke Filling:
- 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons peanut butter
- Optional: 1 teaspoon malted milk powder
Peanut Butter Chocolate Malted Whipped Cream Topping:
- 2 cups heavy whipping cream
- ½ cup powdered sugar
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 2-3 tbsp peanut butter softened
- 1 tbsp malted milk powder
- Optional: Chocolate syrup
- Accessories: Malted milk balls Easter Peanut Butter M&Ms, roughly broken up
Instructions
Peanut Butter Chocolate Malted Poke Filling:
- Bake cake according to directions for a 9x13 cake pan or 2 9x9 or 8x8 pans.
- Once cake is baked, poke holes all over the top of the cake.
- Microwave sweetened condensed milk and chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl for about 30 seconds to 1 minute.
- Whisk chocolate and milk together until smooth. Add in the malt powder and continue whisking together.
- Pour chocolate mixture over the cake spreading into the holes..
- Let cake cool until completely cooled off, then place in fridge until ready to serve.
Peanut Butter Chocolate Malted Whipped Cream Topping:
- To make whipped topping, whip heavy cream until it begins to get thick, then add in the powdered sugar and cocoa and whip until stiff peaks form.
- Add in the softened peanut butter and malt powder and continue mixing until combined, but don’t over-whip.
- Spread whipped topping evenly over cooled cake.
- Drizzle with chocolate syrup or sauce and add broken up malted milk balls and Easter peanut butter M&M eggs.
- Refrigerate until ready to serve.
Notes
Notes: Place malted milk balls and peanut butter M&M eggs in a ziploc back, zipped and use a hammer to tap them gently so they break into big pieces.