Peanut Butter Cake and Frosting

This is THE BEST peanut butter cake!

• Ready In: 1 hr
• Serves: 12

Ingredients

• cake

• 1⁄2 cup peanut butter
• 1  teaspoon salt
• 1  cup water
• 2  eggs
• 1  cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
• 2  cups flour
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 2  cups sugar

• frosting

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup peanut butter
• 6  tablespoons buttermilk
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 4  cups powdered sugar

Directions

1. Cake.
2. In large bowl mix flour, sugar, salt, and baking soda. In small bowl mix eggs and buttermilk. Bring peanut butter, water and butter to a rapid boil. Pour boiling mixture over dry mixture and mix well. Add buttermilk and egg mixture. Pour into greased jelly roll pan. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes. Cool.
3. Frosting.
4. Bring 1 stick butter, 1/2 cup peanut butter and 6 Tbsp buttermilk to a rapid boil. Add 1 teaspoons vanilla. Mix in 1 box powered sugar. Mix well.
5. Frost cake while frosting in HOT. Optional: drizzle with warmed hot fudge ice cream topping.