PEANUT BUTTER CAKE WITH PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING

This recipe is an old fashioned cake recipe filled with so much flavor. She has been making this same recipe for years. I thought the recipe was very tedious so I never tried to make it myself. I can’t believe I have waited this long to make her homemade peanut butter cake. I have now made this recipe a few times and each and every time, my family has gobbled it up. They now have deemed it their favorite cake.It was not difficult to make and took very little time. Sure a peanut butter cake mix would be a blessing for a quick dessert but homemade desserts are always the best. The question always lingers in my mind as to why manufacturers have yet to make a good peanut butter cake mix. Maybe someday they will excite all of us peanut butter fans with such a product.

INGREDIENTS :

Peanut butter cake:

• 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Frosting:

• 6 TBLS butter
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 2 1/2 cups sifted powdered sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla

DIRECTIONS :

Line a 9 x 13 pan with parchment paper and lightly grease with butter or spray. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.

• FOR THE CAKE: Gently melt the peanut butter and butter together in a microwave safe mixing bowl, then carefully blend in the water.

In a separate mixing bowl combine the sugar, brown sugar, flour, baking soda, and salt.

Pour the peanut butter mixture into the flour bowl, add in the eggs, buttermilk and vanilla, then mix together really well.  Pour the batter into the pan and bake for 25 minutes.

• FOR THE FROSTING: In a microwave safe mixing bowl, gently heat the butter and peanut butter on low until just soft enough to blend.

Once butters are blended, carefully stir in the milk and vanilla and mix in powdered sugar 1 cup at a time.

Frost the cake once it has cooled.