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Recipe by: Lisa Prince

Peanut Butter Cake

Lisa Page of Durham won the 2013 Peanut Dessert Contest at the NC State Fair with this delicious creation full of peanut flavor. Serve with a glass of milk or drizzle of chocolate and you will go back for seconds.

Servings: 12
Cook Time: Prep Time: 15 minutes; Total Time: 1 hour, 15 minutes
Meal Type: Dessert
NC Ingredients: peanut butter, eggs, buttermilk, flour

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Ingredients

Cake:
3/4
cup butter
1/2
cup creamy peanut butter
4
eggs
1/2
cup buttermilk
2
cups sugar
3
tsp. baking powder
3
cups sifted all-purpose flour
1
tsp. vanilla
1/2
cup water
Peanut Butter topping:
1/4
cup creamy peanut butter
1/4
cup dry roasted peanuts, chopped
1
cup 10X confectioner’s sugar
4
to 5 tablespoons buttermilk

Directions

Cake:
  • Let butter, peanut butter, eggs and buttermilk warm to room temperature for easy mixing. Grease and flour a 12-cup Bundt pan or a 10-in tube pan. Preheat oven to 350°
  • Combine room temperature ingredients with remaining ingredients in a large bowl. Beat at a slow speed with electric mixer for 30 sec, then at medium speed for 2 min., scraping side of bowl. Pour into prepared pan.
  • Bake in 350° oven for 45 min. then lower heat to 325° and bake for 10-15 min longer, or until top springs back when lightly pressed with fingertip. Cool on wire rack 10 min. Turn out, cool completely before frosting.
Peanut Butter topping:

Combine in small bowl until smooth and spoon over cake.

 
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