Gold Rush Peanut Butter Cake Recipes

PEANUT BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking sheet.
• Whisk flour, white sugar, and baking soda together in a bowl. Beat 1/2 cup milk, eggs, and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract into flour mixture using an electric mixer on low until smooth.
• Cook and stir water, 1/2 cup butter, vegetable oil, and 1/2 cup peanut butter together in a saucepan over medium heat until smooth, about 5 minutes. Stir peanut butter mixture into flour mixture until batter is well mixed; pour onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean, about 20 minutes.
• Melt 1/2 cup butter and 1/2 cup peanut butter together in a saucepan over medium heat until smooth; add 1/3 cup milk and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Whisk confectioners' sugar into mixture until icing is smooth, 3 to 5 minutes. Pour icing over warm cake.

GOLD RUSH PEANUT BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• For cake: In large mixing bowl, cream butter and peanut butter until light and fluffy.
• Add brown sugar.
• Mix to blend.
• Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• 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.
• Pour batter into 3 well greased and floured 9 inch cake pans.
• Bake in preheated 350ºF oven until cake tests done, about 45 minutes.
• Cool on wire rack to room temperature before filling and frosting the cake.
• For filling: Soften margarine and cream cheese at room temperature.
• Cream together well.
• Add powdered sugar and continue beating until creamy.
• Add vanilla and peanut butter.
• Spread between cooled layers.
• For frosting: Melt margarine, brown sugar and Karo syrup in boiler, bring to a boil.
• Remove from heat, add milk, powdered sugar, vanilla, and peanut butter.
• Beat until creamy.
• Spread on top and sides of cooled cake after filling.

PEANUT BUTTER CAKE IV

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour an 8 inch square pan.
• In a large bowl, mix together the flour and sugar. Make a well in the center and pour in the milk, oil, eggs, 2 tablespoons peanut butter and vanilla. Mix well and pour into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 30 to 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
• To make the frosting: In a large bowl, combine 1 cup peanut butter and confectioners' sugar. Beat in vanilla, then milk to desired consistency. Spread on cake.

ASHLEY JUDD'S PEANUT BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Grease an 8- by 2-inch round cake pan (or a 9-inch pan) and line with a parchment round. Grease and flour the parchment.
• Beat in butter until fluffy. Beat in sugar. Beat in yolks and then peanut butter until smooth.
• Mix the flour and baking powder in a bowl. Combine the buttermilk and water in another bowl and stir in the baking soda. Into the yolk mixture, beat in the flour mixture, in fourths, alternating with the buttermilk mixture and ending with the flour mixture.
• Beat the egg whites until stiff. Fold into the batter with a rubber spatula. Spread the batter in a prepared pan. Bake for 30 to 40 minutes, until a wooden pick inserted into the center comes out clean. Cool the cake in a pan on a wire rack, about 10 minutes. Invert onto the rack; invert onto another rack, so that the cake cools with top side up. Serve warm or at room temperature. YIELD 8 to 10 servings.