Banana Peanut Butter Party Cake

Submitted by Knitting Granny

"All you Elvis fans out there, here's a delicious cake for you. (Remember, the King loved banana peanut-butter sandwiches!) I made this up one time when I was desperate for a sweet and didn't have much in the pantry. We've loved it ever since."

 

• Ready In: 55mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Yields: 1 Bundt Cake

ingredients

• For the Cake

• 1⁄2 cup butter, at room temperature
• 1⁄3 cup peanut butter, creamy or crunchy
• 2 1⁄4 cups flour
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄3 cup milk
• 2 bananas, very ripe and mashed
• 2 eggs
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla

• Peanut Butter streusel ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1⁄3 cup peanut butter, creamy or crunchy

• Frosting ingredients

• 1⁄3 cup peanut butter, creamy or crunchy
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon milk, or enough to make frosting just barely runny

directions

1. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Liberally grease a standard sized bundt pan or liberally spray with spray-release.
3. In a large bowl with electric mixer, cream together the butter, 1/3 cup peanut butter and sugar.
4. Add eggs, vanilla, bananas and milk and mix on low speed just until it's all mixed together.
5. Mix in the flour, baking powder and salt, and mix until batter is thick and creamy.
6. In a separate bowl, stir together the brown sugar, 2 tablespoons flour and 1/3 cup peanut-butter.
7. Pour half of the batter into the prepared bundt pan.
8. Sprinkle half of the brown sugar mixture over the batter and top with the other half of the batter.
9. Sprinkle the rest of the brown sugar mixture over the top.
10. Bake in oven about 35 to 40 minutes or until tooth-pick inserted in the center comes out clean and top springs back when lightly touched.
11. Remove from oven and let cool for just five minutes.
12. Invert cake onto serving plate and drizzle with frosting.
13. For frosting, mix together the powdered sugar with 1/3 cup peanut butter and enough milk to make it the right consistency.
14. This cake tastes best at room temperature or cold from the fridge.
15. Delicious!