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Michele McFie

Peanut Butter Cake

This Peanut Butter Cake is easy, moist and sure to please any peanut butter lovers in your life.
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Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 55 minutes
Servings: 9 people
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

Cake
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 1 egg room temperature
  • 1/4 cup buttermilk room temperature
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
Frosting
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1/4 cup peanut butter
  • 3 tbsp buttermilk
  • 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/8 cup peanuts chopped, for garnish

Equipment

  • stove
  • oven

Method
 

Cake
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F. Grease a 9x9 baking dish and set aside.
  2. In a bowl, whisk flour, sugar, soda and salt together. Set aside.
  3. In a medium saucepan bring butter and water to a boil. Remove from heat and whisk in peanut butter and oil. Add eggs, buttermilk and vanilla. Beat well.
  4. Stir dry ingredients into saucepan and stir just until combined.
  5. Pour cake batter into prepared pan and bake for 20-25 minutes or until a wooden skewer comes out clean. Prepare frosting while cake is finishing baking.
Frosting
  1. Melt butter, peanut butter and buttermilk together in a saucepan, then bring to a boil. Remove from heat and beat in vanilla.
  2. Add powdered sugar 1/2 cup at a time beating until smooth.*
  3. Pour the warm frosting over the hot cake and spread evenly. Garnish with chopped peanuts.

Notes

* If the frosting gets too thick, add more buttermilk until it's thin enough to pour over the cake.