Old School Peanut Butter Cake Recipes

OLD FASHIONED PEANUT BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat your oven to 350 F (177 C, gas mark 4). Butter and line two 8" round baking pans with parchment paper. Set aside.
• Cream together the butter, sugar, and peanut butter in a mixing bowl on medium speed for about 1 minute until light and fluffy. Scrape the sides of the bowl.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, scraping the bowl after each addition. Stir in the vanilla extract and oil.
• Sift together the dry ingredients in a separate bowl, then add 1/3 to the peanut butter mixture, add half the buttermilk, another 1/3 of the flour, the rest of the buttermilk, and the last bit of the dry ingredients. Stir until just combined.
• Divide the batter evenly between the cake pans. Bake for 35-45 minutes until a tester comes out clean and the center of the cake lightly springs back when touched.
• Allow the cakes to set in the pan for 10 minutes before inverting onto a cooling rack to cool completely.
• In a clean mixing bowl, cream the butter and peanut butter until light and fluffy. Scrape the sides of the bowl.
• Add the vanilla extract. Stir in the powdered sugar, one cup at a time, scraping after each addition. The frosting is naturally rather thick, but if you need to thin it, add a little heavy cream.
• Decorate your cake and enjoy!

SCHOOL-TIME PEANUT BUTTER CAKE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2. Beat shortening with brown sugar, until mixture is creamy. Blend in peanut butter until mixture is smooth.
• 3. Beat in eggs, one at a time and vanilla; set aside.
• 4. Sift flour with baking powder and salt and add to the peanut butter mixture, alternately with milk. Divide into two greased 9-inch cake pans OR a 9"x12" cake pan. I usually use the 9"x12" pan as it reminds me of my school days -they baked it in a sheet pan, and cut it into squares for us.
• 5. Bake for 30 minutes or until the cakes test done -in a preheated 350 degrees F oven. Cool in pans for 10 minutes then turn out onto racks and frost when completely cooled.
• 6. NOTE: If you are icing the cake with the Peanut Butter Icing below, don't let the cake(s) cool -put icing on hot cake.
• 7. TOPPING/ICING: You can sprinkle confectioners' sugar on top of the cake if you bake in a sheet cake pan OR, if you bake layers (or a sheet cake), you can frost with a Vanilla Frosting OR use the Peanut Butter Icing (Very close to the icing used on the cake during my grammar school days.). It is very good -not too sweet. Directions are in the next step -step 8.
• 8. FOR THE PEANUT BUTTER ICING: Bring to a boil 1 stick of butter, 1/2 cup peanut butter, 1/3 cup buttermilk, 1 teaspoon vanilla; bring to a boil, then add 1 lb. powdered sugar, mix well, and pour over hot cake.
• 9. HINT: If you don't have buttermilk, you can make a substitute. Add 1 teaspoon lemon juice to 1/3 cup of milk; let it sit for 5 minutes. You will have the equivalent of 1/3 cup buttermilk.
• 10. Share a piece of cake with me -I cut you a piece. ENJOY!!!

SCHOOL LUNCH PEANUT BUTTER CAKE RECIPE - (3.8/5)

Steps:

• Cream shortening and peanut butter with the sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Add the milk gradually and then the eggs and vanilla. Mix the flour with the salt and baking powder and slowing add to the creamed mixture, blending well. Pour into a lightly greased and floured 9 x 13 pan and bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes.