Peanut Butter Cake With Carmel Frosting
by Ruralcb
Rating:
1 ★
Ingredients
- • 1/2 cup (125 ml) shortening
- • 1 cup (225 ml) peanut butter
- • 1 cup (225 ml) sugar
- • 2 eggs, well beaten
- • 1-1/2 cups (350 ml) all purpose flour
- • 1/2 tsp (2 ml). salt
- • 3 tsps. baking powder
- • 1 cup (225 ml) milk
- • 1/2 tsp (2 ml). vanilla flavoring
- • Carmel Frosting:
- • 2 cups (475 ml) brown sugar
- • 2 tbsp (30 ml) Butter
- • 6 tbsp (90 ml) heavy cream
- • 1 cup (225 ml) powdered sugar
Instructions
- Cream shortening, gradually add peanut butter and cream until smooth.
- Add sugar, and cream until mixture is light and fluffy.
- Add well beaten eggs and mix well.
- Combine all dry indredients and add to the creamed mixture alternating with the milk.
- Stir in the Vanilla flavoring.
- Spoon mixture into 2 greased 9" cake pans and bake at 375 degrees (200 C.) for 25 mins. or until cake pulls away from the sides of the pan.
- Cool and Frost with Carmel Frosting.
- Carmel Frosting:
- Combine brown sugar, butter and cream, in a heavy sauce pan, cook until bubbles form around edges of the pan.
- Remove from heat and add the powdered sugar, beating well.
- Cool before spreading on the cake.
