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Valentine's Day Recipes
Peanut Butter Cake
INGREDIENTS
3/4 c unsalted butter
3/4 c creamy peanut butter
2 c packed brown sugar
3 ea eggs
2 c all purpose flour
1 tb baking powder
1/2 ts salt
1 c milk
1 ts vanilla
Peanut Butter
Filling
1 c cream cheese, softened
1/2 c creamy peanut butter
Chocolate Glaze
1/2 c water
4 tb unsalted butter
1/2 c cocoa
1 c powdered sugar
1 ts vanilla
Make: two 9 inch cakes
or one stacked layer cake.
PREPARATION
1. In large mixing bowl, cream butter and peanut butter until
light and fluffy. Add brown sugar. Mix to blend.
2. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well
after each addition.
3. In a small bowl, combine flour, baking
powder and salt. Add flour mixture to butter and peanut butter
mixture alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour
mixture. Add vanilla.
4. Pour batter into 2 well greased and floured
9 inch cake pans.
5. Bake in preheated 350 degree oven until
cake tests done, about 45 minutes.
6. Cool on wire rack to room temperature
before frosting the cake.
7. Spread half of Peanut Butter Filling
over tops of each cake. Chill.
8. Spread half of Chocolate Glaze over peanut
butter topping on each cake, using metal spatula dipped in hot
water. Spread glaze over cake while glaze is warm. As glaze
cools, it will thicken.
Peanut Butter Filling
Cream ingredients together until light and fluffy.
Chocolate Glaze
Place water and butter in small saucepan. Bring to a boil. Add
cocoa, sugar and vanilla to water mixture. Mix until smooth.
Note: If making the stacked
layer cake, the Peanut Butter Filling should be put between
the layers and on top of the cake before topping it with the
Chocolate Glaze.
