Peanut Butter Cake With Maple Frosting (Or Cupcakes)

Submitted by swissms

"In the South, some like to stir together peanut butter and maple syrup in a bowl and eat it with a spoon. This recipe combines those flavors into a peanut butter cake with a maple frosting."

 

• Ready In: 20mins
• Ingredients: 13
• Serves: 18-24

ingredients

• Peanut Butter Cake

• 1 cup butter, room temperature
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 1 cup Skippy creamy peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• 2 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 cup sour cream
• 1 cup milk

• Maple Frosting

• 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄2 cup maple syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups powdered sugar (or more if needed)

directions

1. Cake:

2. Preheat oven to 350°F Butter and flour three 9-inch-diameter cake pans. Line the bottoms with parchment paper, then butter and flour the parchment paper. (Or, line cupcake pans with paper liners).
3. In large bowl, cream together butter and sugar with electric mixer. Add peanut butter and vanilla and cream well. Add eggs one at a time, mixing well after each.
4. In separate bowl, whisk together dry ingredients.
5. Add dry ingredients to peanut butter mixture alternately with sour cream and milk. Mix on low speed just until blended.
6. Pour cake batter into prepared pans (approximately 2 cups per pan), spreading evenly in pans. (Or, fill cupcake cups 2/3 full).
7. Bake for 15- 20 minutes or until tester inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Do not over bake. Remove from oven and cool cakes in pans on rack 10 minutes.
8. Run small sharp knife around pan sides to loosen cakes. Turn cakes out onto racks and cool completely.

9. Frosting:

10. In large mixing bowl, beat butter until creamy. Mix in maple syrup and vanilla. Gradually mix in powdered sugar until desired consistency is reached.