This easy Butterfinger Cake recipe starts with a chocolate cake, poked and drizzled with caramel sauce and sweetened condensed milk, and topped with the most incredible peanut butter whipped cream and chopped butterfingers. It’s everyone’s favorite and just incredible!
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Why I love this recipe:
- Easy – This Butterfinger poke cake may look intimidating, but it couldn’t be more simple to make! Baked in a 9×13 pan, this is a dessert anyone can make.
- Delicious – This cake is decadent with the chocolate cake, caramel sauce, and sweetened condensed milk, but the peanut butter whipped cream lightens and balances it perfectly.
- Unique – Wow your friends with an easy butterfinger cake they have never tried before! I get compliments on this cake every time I make it!
Ingredients Needed:
- Chocolate Cake
- Caramel Sauce , or one 16oz jar caramel topping
- Sweetened Condensed Milk
- Heavy Whipping Cream
- Creamy Peanut Butter
- Powdered Sugar
- Butterfinger Bars
How to make Butterfinger Cake:
Make Cake: I make my homemade chocolate cake recipe and bake the cake in a 9×13” pan (you could use a cake mix chocolate cake if you want). Allow cake to cool for a few minutes, then poke holes in it with a fork or wooden skewer.
Add Sauces: Pour caramel sauce and sweetened condensed milk all over the top of the cake. Set aside to cool completely.
Make Peanut Butter Whipped Cream: Add the peanut butter and powdered sugar to a mixing bowl and mix until smooth. While mixing, slowly pour in whipped cream. Whip until stiff peaks form, and it holds its shape. Spread all over cooled cake.
Frost Cake: Sprinkle crushed butterfingers on top. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or up to one day, before serving.
Make Ahead and Freezing Instructions:
To Make Ahead: Make the chocolate cake up to 1 week ahead of time. Allow it to cool completely, cover it well, and store it in the freezer. Allow it to thaw overnight in the refrigerator (or leave it at room temperature for a couple hours) and then continue with step 2, poking holes in the cake. The homemade caramel sauce can be made several days in advance to save time. It can be poured on the cake warm or cold.
To Freeze: Allow the cake to cool completely. Cover well and freeze for 2 months. Thaw overnight in the refrigerator. Add toppings before serving.
Recipe Variations:
- Cake: Try a Yellow or Vanilla Cake base instead of chocolate.
- Better than Sex Cake, with Heath bits
- Butterfinger Bars Cookie Bars
- Nut Allergy: Omit peanut butter, and top cake with a different crushed candy bar or cookie crumbs.
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Recipe
Butterfinger Cake
Ingredients
- 1 chocolate cake , baked in a 9×13” pan
- 1 recipe caramel sauce , or one 16oz jar caramel topping
- 7 ounces sweetened condensed milk*
- 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 ½ Tablespoons creamy peanut butter
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 3 Butterfinger bars , chopped
Instructions
- Bake cake in a 9×13” pan according to recipe directions. Allow cake to cool for a few minutes, then poke holes in it with a fork or wooden skewer.
- Pour caramel sauce and sweetened condensed milk all over the top of the cake. Set aside to cool completely.
- Add the peanut butter and powdered sugar to a mixing bowl and mix until smooth. While mixing, slowly pour in whipping cream. Whip until stiff peaks form, and it hold its shape.
- Spread the peanut butter whipped cream over the cooled cake and sprinkle crushed butterfingers on top. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour, or up to one day, before serving.
Notes
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- Cake: Try a Yellow or Vanilla Cake base instead of chocolate.
- Better than Sex Cake, with Heath bits
- Butterfinger Cookie Bars
- Nut Allergy: Omit peanut butter, and top cake with a different crushed candy bar or cookie crumbs.
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Forgot to put five stars on the previous comment! This cake was gone in two days. I think everyone in our family ate it for or with every meal until it was down to one piece left and we had to have a dance off for who got the last piece. Thanks for all the family fun and deliciousness.
This was delicious! Even my husband (who doesn’t generally like cake) enjoyed a piece. I did have trouble mixing the peanut butter and powdered sugar smoothly. I was concerned as looked like it was dotted throughout the whipped cream rather than incorporated. After the cake chilled, though, it wasn’t even noticable. I enjoy the flavor combination and the crunch of candy on top.
This was a really good cake. I have made the chocolate cake part a few times. It is the best base chocolate cake you can find.
Delicious and really easy to make! I’ve been eating it for breakfast everyday since I can’t wait to eat it after dinner!
Super indulgent and fun cake! The butterfingers give it the perfect peanut butter crunch. Since I made my cake from scratch, I dialed down the sugar just a bit to account for all the sweetness in the toppings and it was just right.
Butterfingers. I want to marry them. Lol
Loved this recipe. Who knew it would be just as delicious as the candy. This one is a keeper. ❤️
This cake was way easier to make than I expected and turned out so good!!
I made this with the kids for my husband and my anniversary this week! It was pretty fun to have them help, they loved poking the holes in the cake and topping it with all the butterfinger bits. We all enjoyed the cake, it was very refreshing from being chilled in the fridge. It did fill us up quickly with one piece tho.
I made modifications to this recipe using sweetner, keto chocolate cake, SF caramel, SF peanut butter candies and made some keto condensed milk. Was one of the best desserts I have made in a while. After making it the only modifications I can advise is add a tsp to your cake mix. I think it would add a delicious flavor that would combine well with the other flavors. Thank you for posting this recipe I will be using it again!
This was a fun cake to make. The frosting is amazing! Simple to make and not too sweet. I made a gluten free chocolate cake and it worked well. This would be great to bring to a potluck!
“I like it! Delicious!” with two thumbs up from our 11 year old. We made the Hershey’s chocolate cake recipe first & it turned out great! Very simple to throw together in a mixing bowl & hand whisk. We had all ingredients on hand.
Then we made the butterfinger half of this cake. I had a bit of trouble getting the peanut butter & powdered sugar to smooth out. So the whipped cream topping has little bits mixed in. I’m sure it would have been way more flavorful if I had added more pb. So user error on that one. It actually added more texture, so nobody minded. This cake is so delicious & thick & moist. An awesome party cake!
This cake was amazing. I love a moist cake and this cake did not disappoint. I used the cake and caramel recipe provided and both were very simple to make. The hardest part for me was mixing the powder sugar and peanut butter until smooth. It ended up looking like coarse sand. I decided to add a tablespoon of the heavy cream and that smoothed it out.
This cake was super easy to make and very moist ! My kids loved it and definitely will be making again because of the simplicity. Crowd pleaser for sure.
My only suggestion is wait until serving to add the butterfingers on top bc they got very hard in the fridge 🤣
Very good, but a bit too sweet for me! My family loved it. I used the Hershey’s perfectly chocolate cake recipe, and Hershey’s caramel topping. The peanut butter whipped cream is amazing.
My mother found this recipe in a newspaper when I was a little girl. It has been a family favorite. It looks like a lot of work, but so easy to make. I always have the ingredients on hand to make this 😃
Amazing!!!