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Butterfinger Cake Recipe

July 15, 2016 by Tiffany 16 Comments

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This delicious Butterfinger Cake Recipe dessert is made from scratch and features a moist chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and butterfingers. 

This delicious Butterfinger Cake Recipe dessert is made from scratch and features a moist chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and butterfingers.

Butterfinger Cake Recipe

First of all, nothing cures a stressed week more than a piece of cake, and this amazing Butterfinger Cake Recipe will definitely bring a smile to your face with flavor, texture, and aroma.

Imagine 2 layers of moist chocolate cake served with a sweet and smooth peanut butter frosting crunched together with tons of chopped Butterfinger pieces that not only gives this dessert flavor, but also a crunchy texture in every bite.

This delicious Butterfinger Cake Recipe dessert is made from scratch and features a moist chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and butterfingers.

I’ve taken the Butterfinger bites and chopped it into small pieces, then I added a packed layer of this candy in the center of the cake. I also added the remaining candy to the top as well.

This delicious Butterfinger Cake Recipe dessert is made from scratch and features a moist chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and butterfingers.

Remember last year when I made Uncle Johnny’s Peanut Butter Cheesecake Cake? This year Johnny’s Birthday passed while I was at the Fancy Food Show in NYC. So as a belated present I decided to make him this Butterfinger Cake Recipe.

This delicious Butterfinger Cake Recipe dessert is made from scratch and features a moist chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and butterfingers.

I have a small confession to make, prior to this cake, I’ve never tried a Butterfinger before. Can you believe that? My girls have gotten them for Halloween and it has never occurred to try them before. Now that I did, I LOVE IT! It’s so crunchy, sweet and more peanut buttery than chocolatey.

This delicious Butterfinger Cake Recipe dessert is made from scratch and features a moist chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and butterfingers.

Believe it or not, this Butterfinger Cake Recipe is baked entirely from scratch and is super easy to make.  No need to use a box mix or artificial frosting. The cake has double chocolate since I used cocoa powder as well as melted chocolate. It gives it more flavor and a darker color.

This delicious Butterfinger Cake Recipe dessert is made from scratch and features a moist chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and butterfingers.

Finally, I hope you can try this delicious Butterfinger Cake Recipe at home. If you do, please upload a pic on Instagram and tag me @Livingsweetmoments or use the hashtag #LivingSweet. I promise to repost it.

This delicious Butterfinger Cake Recipe dessert is made from scratch and features a moist chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and butterfingers.

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4.15 from 42 votes
This delicious Butterfinger Cake Recipe dessert is made from scratch and features a moist chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and butterfingers.
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Butterfinger Cake Recipe
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
50 mins
 
This delicious Butterfinger Cake Recipe dessert is made from scratch and features a moist chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and butterfingers.
Course: Dessert
Servings: 1 layer cake
Author: Tiffany Bendayan
Ingredients
For Chocolate Cake:
  • 1 Cup (2 sticks) of Butter unsalted
  • 2 1/4 Cups of Cake Flour
  • 1 Teaspoon of Baking Soda
  • 1/4 Teaspoon of Salt
  • 1/4 cup of Cocoa Powder
  • 1 Cup of Brown Sugar
  • 3/4 Cup of Granulated Sugar
  • 4 Eggs large
  • 1 Bar (4 oz) of Semi-Sweet Chocolate
  • 2 Teaspoons of pure vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup of sour cream
  • 1/2 cup of milk
Peanut Butter Buttercream
  • 2 cups (4 sticks) of Butter softened
  • 2 cups of Peanut Butter the creamy kind
  • 2 teaspoons of Vanilla Extract
  • 6 cups Confectioners’ Sugar sifted
  • 1/2 cup of Heavy Cream maybe more if needed
Assembly:
  • pieces Butterfinger candy either or in fun size
Instructions
  1. For Chocolate Cake
  2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit
  3. Line the bottom of 2- 9" Cake pans with parchment paper. Spray with nonstick spray the bottom and sides of the cake
  4. In a bowl, sift the flour, baking soda, cocoa powder, and salt. Mix and place aside
  5. n the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the butter and sugar. Cream on medium speed until lightened in color. About 2-3 minutes
  6. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add the vanilla extract
  7. Melt the chocolate in the microwave doing 15-second intervals. Do not let chocolate burn
  8. Add the chocolate to the mixer and mix until combined
  9. Reduce speed of mixer
  10. In a small glass mix the sour cream and milk
  11. Alternatively, add the flour mixture and the milk in 2-3 batches. Starting and ending with the dry ingredients. Mix until combined
  12. Divide the batter between the 2 pans and bake
  13. Bake for 25-35 minutes or until a skewer inserted in the middle of the cake comes out clean
  14. Remove from oven and let them cool on a cooling rack for 20 minutes
  15. After 20 minutes, unmold and let the cool completely on the rack (I refrigerated mine to speed up the process)
  16. For Peanut Butter Buttercream
  17. In a stand mixer, cream the butter and peanut butter for 2-3 until soft
  18. Carefully add the powdered sugar in 3-4 batches
  19. Add the vanilla and mix
  20. Finally, add the heavy cream and mix. If the buttercream appears too stiff, add some more cream
  21. Assembly
  22. Chop off the butterfingers into small pieces
  23. Cut the top off the cakes so the lay completely flat. Remove excess crumbs
  24. Flip over one chocolate cake layer of cake so the bottom becomes the top
  25. Spread a thin layer of frosting on top
  26. Sprinkle the chopped Butterfinger all over the frosting until the candy covers the entire surface
  27. Add more frosting to cover the candy
  28. Place the second cake layer on top
  29. Cover the top and sides of the cake with frosting
  30. Decorate with more Butterfinger pieces
  31. Refrigerate until ready to serve
  32. Enjoy!

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Comments

  1. Patricia says

    January 29, 2017 at 1:58 pm

    Tiffany, I’m sorry but your list of ingredients is somewhat awkward and when baking one should NEVER assume.2 Cups ¼ of Cake Flour is this supposed to be 2 – 1/4 cups of cake flour or 2 & 1/4 cups mos often listd as 2 1/4 cups. Teaspoon ¼ of Salt, what is this Gollum who says everything backwards? Cups ¾ of Granulated Sugar, again backwards! Are you trying to avoid copywrite issues or do you not proofread your work. A recipe written in this manner is just too much work to decypher! Try again, the concept is good but be consistent!

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      January 29, 2017 at 6:05 pm

      Hi Patricia! I am so sorry! I just switched to a new plugin so the recipes look nicer and some of the quantities came out all wonky! I will correct it and email you the complete recipe. Thanks for letting me know! Now I’ll check my entire database to see which other recipes need correcting.

      Reply
  2. Ray says

    February 14, 2017 at 7:03 pm

    I apologize for the comment under “Patricia”, We should be able to articulate without being hostile. Thank you for posting the recipe.

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      February 14, 2017 at 7:23 pm

      Thank you Ray ?

      Reply
    • Floritta says

      March 16, 2020 at 9:08 am

      That is true I agree with you Ray.

      Reply
  3. Barbara says

    February 15, 2017 at 9:52 am

    My sister has been begging me to make her a Butterfinger cake. First recipe I saw. I am going to make and will definitely upload a photo (though doubt it will be this nice.) One question — I see you reference chocolate a few times but the cake itself doesn’t look chocolate. and that’s fine — personally I don’t want a deep chocolate cake but just checking that the color of the cake in the photo is pretty much what I should be ending up with. Thanks!!

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      February 15, 2017 at 10:01 am

      Hi Barbara, the base for this cake has cocoa powder and chocolate. I didn’t want to make a deep dark chocolate (or devils food) since it could take away from the butterfinger flavor.

      Reply
  4. Yummycake says

    July 6, 2017 at 4:07 am

    5 stars
    Hi Tiffany,

    Your cakes look so delicious and yummy. We will try your recipe in our kitchen today.
    Thanks.

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      July 6, 2017 at 8:21 am

      let me know how it comes out!

      Reply
  5. Gail Fuller says

    July 18, 2017 at 12:09 pm

    I will be making this cake for an office Birthday Party. It should go over very well!!!!!

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      July 18, 2017 at 12:39 pm

      Awesome Gail! Let me know how it comes out!

      Reply
  6. Tracy says

    August 11, 2017 at 2:29 pm

    5 stars
    I didn’t want to drag out all the scratch needed for it cake so I doctored a German chocolate mix. I cut the icing in half and oh my. This is so good. Thank you for a jumping off point. Brown sugar made the taste.

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      August 11, 2017 at 2:32 pm

      Yum German cake! Glad you liked the recipe, Tracy!

      Reply
  7. Arlean says

    May 15, 2018 at 8:22 pm

    Can I use all purpose flour instead of cake flour ?

    Reply
    • Tiffany says

      May 16, 2018 at 8:50 am

      Yes Arlean!

      Reply
  8. Anne says

    December 1, 2020 at 11:39 pm

    5 stars
    Ditto, Ray .
    Tiffany was very gracious.

    Reply

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