Penzeys Peanut Butter Pound Cake Recipes

ULTIMATE BUTTER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Line a 9x5-inch loaf pan with parchment paper, leaving an overhang over 2 sides.
• Combine butter, white sugar, brown sugar, vanilla extract, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until fluffy. Beat in flour. Beat in eggs one at a time, scraping the bowl after each addition. Pour batter into a 9x5-inch loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, about 45 minutes.
• Lift cake out of the loaf pan using the overhanging parchment paper. Place on a wire rack and cool completely before slicing, about 30 minutes.

OLD FASHION BUTTER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.
• Grease and flour a 9x5 loaf pan.
• *IMPORTANT - ALLOW ALL INGREDIENTS TO REACH ROOM TEMPERATURE*.
• With mixer on low speed, cream the butter until soft; slowly add sugar while mixer is running.
• Once all the sugar has been added, beat until the mixture is fluffy.
• Slowly add eggs, one at a time, mixing each egg well into the creamed mixture.
• Add the flour and salt, mix until smooth.
• Add vanilla extract and milk; mix until smooth.
• Pour into the loaf pan.
• Bake for 75 to 90 minutes or until golden brown.

PEANUT BUTTER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan; line with parchment paper.
• Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla extract. Beat in peanut butter slowly.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Mix into the butter mixture, a little at a time, until batter is well blended. Pour batter into the prepared tube pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 45 minutes. Sprinkle peanuts on top. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Continue baking until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes more.
• Cool cake in the pan for 10 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack and let cool completely.

PEANUT BUTTER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until light.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
• Add vanilla, beat in peanut butter slowly.
• Sift flour with baking powder and salt.
• Stir into butter mixture, a little at a time, until well blended.
• Grease a tube pan; pour batter in and bake 45 minutes at 350°F; reduce heat to 325°F and bake until cake tests done, 15 to 20 minutes longer.
• Cool in pan on rack 10 minutes before removing to rack to cool completely.
• If desired, sprinkle chopped peanuts on cake towards the end of baking while batter is still soft to give it a crunchy topping.

PENZEYS PEANUT BUTTER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• DO NOT preheat the oven.
• Lightly grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan, and set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and the peanut butter. Add the sugar and beat until light in color.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. The mixture should be light and fluffy.
• Add the vanilla.
• In a smaller bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Gradually add to the butter mixture, alternating with the milk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix until smooth and creamy.
• Pour into the cake pan, and place in the cold oven.
• Set the oven temperature to 375 degrees F, and bake about 1 hour 35 minutes (check after 1 hour 10 minutes, as all ovens are different), or until a tester comes out clean.
• When it is done baking, let the cake cool in the pan for 30 minutes before turning out on a rack to cool completely.
• For the icing:.
• Place the chocolate chips in a small mixing bowl.
• Heat the cream in a heavy saucepan, until boiling. Pour over the chocolate chips and stir until creamy and smooth.
• Let cool for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Brush any loose crumbs from the cake. Place the cooling rack on a wax paper or parchment-lined baking sheet to catch any drips.
• Pour the icing evenly over the cake, allowing it to cascade down the sides and cover the cake.
• Move the cake rack to another lined baking sheet, scrape the drips from the used baking sheet, reheat the chocolate, and pour over the cake.

DOUBLE PEANUT BUTTER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350. Grease and flour 10 inch tube pan.
• In large mixing bowl, combine butter, peanut butter, sugar, and vanilla; beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• In another bowl, combine flour, baking powder, and salt; stir into butter mixture alternately with milk. Pour into pan.
• Bake at 350 F until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean, about 1 hour and 15-30 minutes.
• Cool in pan 15 minutes on wire rack. Remove from pan. Cool completely on wire rack. Drizzle cake with Peanut Butter Frosting.
• Frosting (Sometimes I make only half of this as it makes a LOT):.
• In sauce pan over low heat, melt 1/2 cup each of peanut butter and corn syrup. Stir in 2 cups powdered sugar, 1 T. milk, and 1 t. vanilla; mix until smooth.

PENZEY'S NO-BAKE PEANUT BUTTER BARS

Steps:

• Crush the graham crackers into fine crumbs. One third of a box is usually one cellphane wrapped package. Mix in the cinnamon and set aside.
• Melt butter in a large saucepan. Remove from heat and add peanut butter and vanilla and mix well. Add the powdered sugar and graham crackers, stir until well combined (it should be a stiff dough, you may want to use a hand mixer).
• Pat the mixture into an ungreased 9x13 pan.
• Melt the chocolate over low heat in a heavy saucepan, or spread evenly in a glass pie plate and microwave 30 seconds at a time, stirring after each 30 seconds, until melted.
• Spread the melted chocolate over the peanut butter layer.
• Refrigerate for one hour, bring to room temperature, and cut into bars.

PEANUT BUTTER CAKE III

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the peanut butter, butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in 2 teaspoons vanilla. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with 3/4 cup milk, mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 40 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool in pan.
• To make Peanut Butter Frosting: In a large bowl, cream peanut butter; gradually beat in half of confectioners' sugar. Add remaining confectioners' sugar alternately with 1 cup of milk, beating until smooth enough to spread. Beat in 1 teaspoon vanilla. Spread frosting on top of cake and sprinkle with peanuts.