Peanut Butter Fudge Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 cup water
• 1/2 cup buttermilk or 1/2 cup sour milk
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 12 ounces peanut butter (smooth or chunky)
• 1 1/2 tablespoons oil
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/4 cup cocoa
• 1 lb confectioners' sugar
• 6 tablespoons buttermilk
• 2 tablespoons vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 melt butter in small saucepan.
• 2 add cocoa powder and stir until smooth.
• 3 stir dry ingredients together in large bowl.
• 4 in a second bowl beat together water, buttermilk, eggs and vanilla with wire whip.
• 5 pour egg mixture over dry ingredients; mix together until blended.
• 6 add hot cocoa mixture and beat at medium speed for 2 minutes.
• 7 pour into greased and floured 13 x 9-inch cake pan.
• 8 bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 25 minutes or until done.
• 9 cool thoroughly.
• 10 peanut butter layer: whip peanut butter and oil in small mixing bowl.
• 11 when cake is thoroughly cool, spread over cake.
• 12 frosting: put sugar and vanilla in medium mixing bowl.
• 13 melt butter in small saucepan.
• 14 add cocoa powder; stir until smooth.
• 15 add milk and heat over low heat until hot (just as it starts to bubble).
• 16 pour hot mixture over sugar and beat until smooth.
• 17 spread over peanut butter layer.
• 18 let cake sit for at least an hour before serving so frosting has time to firm up.