Description
This is one of my favorite cake recipes given to me from a co-worker. It is the best peanut butter cake you will ever eat. The icing is like fudge.
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup milk
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup water
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup peanut butter
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 4 ¾ cups confectioners’ sugar
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a rimmed baking sheet.
- Make cake: Whisk together flour
- sugar
- and baking soda in a large bowl. Beat milk
- eggs
- and vanilla into flour mixture with an electric mixer on low speed until smooth.
- Place water
- butter
- oil
- and peanut butter into a saucepan; cook and stir over medium heat until smooth
- about 5 minutes. Stir peanut butter mixture into flour mixture until batter is well mixed; pour and spread onto the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean
- about 20 minutes.
- Make icing: Melt butter and peanut butter in a saucepan over medium heat; stir until smooth. Mix in milk and vanilla until combined. Whisk in confectioners’ sugar until icing is smooth
- 3 to 5 minutes.
- Pour icing over warm cake.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 30 mins
Total Time: 50 mins
Servings: 20