Death By Peanut Butter Cake

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) butter recipe cake mix (i use duncan heinz)
• 1/2 cup real butter
• 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter (jif)
• 4 eggs (room temperature)
• 2/3 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon real vanilla
• frosting, recipe will follow cake directions

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 325 degrees. grease & flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
• 2 1. cream together peanut butter and butter until fluffy. add 1 egg at a time beating after each egg. add ½ of the cake mix and ½ of the water mix well then add other ½ of cake mix and other ½ of water mix until just combined. ( don’t over beat).
• 3 2. bake for about 25 to 30 minutes or until cake springs back when touched. cool cakes on wire rack. frost (recipe below) when cool.
• 4 death by peanut butter frosting:.
• 5 ½ cup real butter (softened).
• 6 1 tab. crisco shorting.
• 7 4 oz cream cheese (softened).
• 8 ¾ cup creamy peanut butter (jif).
• 9 2 tea. real vanilla extract.
• 10 2 cups confectioners’ sugar (i sift for smother results).
• 11 in a large deep bowl, beat butter crisco and cream cheese until light & fluffy add peanut butter and vanilla beat on high speed until fluffy. on low speed, beat in ½ of confectioner’s sugar until mixed then beat in other ½ frost cake
• 12 i top with a chopped reases peanut butter sticks & planters peanuts.