Peanut Butter Cake with Chocolate Buttercream

By vealam

Ingredients

• Peanut Butter Cake:
• 3/4 c. vegetable oil
• 1 c. peanut butter
• 3/4 c. brown sugar
• 3/4 c. white sugar
• 4 large eggs
• 2 tea. vanilla extract
• 3 1/3 c. flour
• 1 T. baking powder
• 1 1/2 tea. baking soda
• 1 tea. salt
• 1 c. milk
• 1/2 c. buttermilk
• Chocolate Buttercream Frosting:
• 1 1/2 c. (3 sticks) butter, room temperature
• 10 T. cocoa powder
• 1/2 tea. salt
• 4-5 c. powdered sugar
• 4 T. heavy cream

Details

Servings 3
Adapted from sprinkledwithjules.com

Preparation

Step 1

Cake:
Preheat oven to 350 F and prepare 3 round 8-inch pans.
Mix together oil, peanut butter, and sugars in a large bowl.
Stir in eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
Add vanilla and mix well.
Add 1 cup of flour, the baking powder, baking soda, and salt, and stir to combine.
Add buttermilk and combine.
Alternate adding the remaining flour and milk, ending with the flour.
Divide batter evenly among pans, and bake for about 15-18 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted has only a few crumbs.
Let cool in pan for a few minutes before turning out to cool on a cooling rack.
Cool completely before frosting.
Cake recipe adapted from Pastry Affair
Chocolate Buttercream Frosting

Frosting:
Start by creaming the butter until smooth.
With the mixer on low, slowly add the cocoa powder in 1 Tablespoon at a time.
Mix in salt.
Alternately add powdered sugar and heavy cream to achieve desired consistency.
If too thick, add more heavy cream. If too thin, add more powdered sugar.