Addictive Peanut Butter Cake

My son-in-law remembered his grandmothers peanut butter cake from long ago. One of her daughters shared this very special recipe with me.

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Yields: 1 cake

Ingredients

• Cake

• 1  cup butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 1  cup creamy peanut butter or 1  cup crunchy peanut butter (your preference)
• 3  eggs
• 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 2  teaspoons baking soda
• 2  cups buttermilk

• Icing

• 2  cups sugar
• 1  cup milk
• 1 1⁄2 cups creamy peanut butter or 1 1⁄2 cups crunchy peanut butter (your preference)
• 2  tablespoons butter
• 1  teaspoon vanilla

Directions

1. Cake: cream butter& sugar, add peanut butter, cream well and add eggs one at a time.
2. Add combined dry ingredients alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients.
3. Grease and flour 3 9" cake pans and bake at 350 degrees for 20 to 25 minutes.
4. Icing: Bring sugar and milk to a boil, boil about 7 minutes.
5. Add peanut butter, butter and vanilla& beat until spreading consistency.