Ingredients
Cake:
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons sugar
- 3 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- Peanut butter (at least 1/2 cup; if using more, decrease shortening by an equal amount)
- 3/4 cup shortening
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 eggs
Frosting:
- 2 cups confectioners' sugar
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- 8 tablespoons (1 stick) butter
- 1/3 cup heavy cream
- 1/2 cup peanuts, salted
- 2 cap-fulls vanilla extract
Directions
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F if baking with a metal dish; 325 degrees F if using a glass dish.
Sift flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt together. Add graham cracker crumbs, peanut butter, shortening, milk, and vanilla. Beat mixture with electric mixer on low until moistened, and then beat on medium for 2 minutes. Add eggs and beat for 1 minute. Bake in greased 9-inch by 13-inch pan for 30 to 35 minutes. Do not remove from pan to cool.
For the frosting: mix all of the ingredients together. Pour into a saucepan and bring mixture to a boil. Boil for 1 minute. Cool slightly. With a wooden spoon handle, poke a few holes in the cake, and then pour the warm frosting over it.
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By LMorland
DeLand, Florida
on November 08, 2012
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I just made this cake on a whim tonight, and I was SO pleasantly surprised! I've never had a peanut butter cake, and I'm not even partial to p.b. cookies. But this cake tastes SOPHISTICATED! My 13-year-old loved it, as well as my husband. Neither of them could taste the peanut butter, even though I doubled the amount Paula recommends.
(I only used 1/4 cup of butter, and the batter came out perfect! Great idea to poke holes with the end the wooden spoon -- I've never done that before.
A reviewer stated that the cake had the texture of cornmeal, due to the graham crackers. I had only 1/3 cup on hand, and that amount added to the complexity of the cake without negatively affecting the texture.
When I bake this cake again -- and I will! -- I'll make my own frosting, and go with a buttercream. The cake comes out a beautiful, multi-hued medium-brown color, and it would contrast beautifully with an off-white icing. (I could try Paula's icing, but the salty peanuts don't appeal.
By miaheroleneva@y...
on September 29, 2012
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Cooked for 30 min in a glass dish came out perfect...the kids and I luv it! ;
By sharlyngrace
Austin, TX
on August 18, 2012
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Haven't tasted it yet, just pulled it out of the oven.... do NOT cook it for the 30 to 35 minutes that it says! I just baked it for 30 and it's almost burnt on the edges. This is for a birthday and I'm pretty upset
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