Peanut Butter Fudge Cake

Sharlene~W's Note:

A decadent chocolate/peanut butter cake like none you have ever had before. My old buddy Bob from Austin Texas shared this recipe with me many moons ago!

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 25 mins
• Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 12

CAKE

• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup buttermilk or 1/2 cup sour milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

PEANUT BUTTER LAYER

• 12 ounces peanut butter (smooth or chunky)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons oil

FROSTING

• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1 lb confectioners' sugar
• 6 tablespoons buttermilk
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract

Directions:

1. Melt butter in small saucepan.
2. Add cocoa powder and stir until smooth.
3. Stir dry ingredients together in large bowl.
4. In a second bowl beat together water, buttermilk, eggs and vanilla with wire whip.
5. Pour egg mixture over dry ingredients; mix together until blended.
6. Add hot cocoa mixture and beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
7. Pour into greased and floured 13 x 9-inch cake pan.
8. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 25 minutes or until done.
9. Cool thoroughly.
10. Peanut Butter Layer: Whip peanut butter and oil in small mixing bowl.
11. When cake is thoroughly cool, spread over cake.
12. Frosting: Put sugar and vanilla in medium mixing bowl.
13. Melt butter in small saucepan.
14. Add cocoa powder; stir until smooth.
15. Add milk and heat over low heat until hot (just as it starts to bubble).
16. Pour hot mixture over sugar and beat until smooth.
17. Spread over peanut butter layer.
18. Let cake sit for at least an hour before serving so frosting has time to firm up.

Reviews

[Charishma_Ramchandani]

This is a real yummy cake. I made this as part of our food for tomorrow on the occasion of our New year(Chetichand). Thank you for sharing!

[793315]

AMAZING! I made this cake for my husband's birthday. He loves peanut butter and he LOVED this cake. This cake is so decadent. Truly a treat! Thanks for sharing this wonderful recipe!!!!

[MarciC]

Made this for my husband's birthday. I found this to be overly sweet and so did my family and guests. I questioned the use of an entire pound of confectioners sugar, but went ahead and followed the recipe as indicated. In hindsight, I should have cut the sugar. The cake itself wasn't particularly special either.