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    Home » Recipes » Plain Culture

    Amish Peanut Butter Cup Cake

    Published: Sep 2, 2013 · Updated: Feb 2, 2021 by Kevin Williams | 10 Comments

    I've been on a peanut butter kick lately, so when Rachel asked me what kind of cake I wanted for my birthday, my gaze settled on a "peanut butter cake" recipe from my Amish archives. Imagine a Reese's Cup in a cake form.  The recipe I am going to share with you creates just that, a mix of chocolately-peanutty bliss!:)  So we went to one of my favorite nearby nature parks  for a birthday picnic (SIGH, turned 41 on August 30th).  The weather was typical summery, but with a decent breeze and no rain to spoil the picnic.  Some of you may have read in an earlier post that my wife has a broken hand, so mother-in-law was enlisted to create the cake.  It turned out as delicious as I had hoped!

    And now to share the recipe with you.  You might even be able to dot the top of the cake with miniature Reese's Cups, although some might call that overkill (but not me:)

    4.5 from 2 reviews
    Amish Peanut Butter Cup Cake
     
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    Ingredients
    • Cake:
    • 1 /4 cup soft margarine
    • 1 /4 cup peanut butter
    • 1 1 /2 cup brown sugar
    • 2 eggs
    • 1 / 2 cup warm water
    • 1 cup thick, sour milk
    • 2 cups flour
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • Frosting:
    • 2 tablespoons peanut butter
    • 1 cup chocolate chips
    • 2 tablespoons butter
    • 1 cup powdered sugar
    Instructions
    1. CAKE:
    2. Mix together in a large mixing bowl for several minutes. Pour into two greased and floured 9 inch layer pans or a 9 X 13 pan. Bake at 350 for 25 to 30 minutes.
    3. FROSTING:
    4. Melt butter,peanut butter, and chips over low heat, blend in other ingredients until thick and creamy and spread on cool cake.
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    About Kevin Williams

    Hi, my name is Kevin Williams and I am owner of Oasis Newsfeatures and editor of The Amish Cook newspaper column.

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    Comments

    1. Cheryl

      September 02, 2013 at 1:01 pm

      homemade cakes are the best!

      happy birthday! hope it was grand.....

      Reply
    2. Lissa Holder

      September 02, 2013 at 1:25 pm

      Can you use buttermilk instead of sour milk? If not how do you make thick sour milk? Thanks Lissa

      Reply
      • Kevin

        September 02, 2013 at 1:42 pm

        Yes, Lissa, you can use buttermilk...that is what we did for this cake, in fact. But you can sour milk by adding a tablespoon of vinegar to a cup of milk

        Reply
    3. Colleen Rohrer

      September 02, 2013 at 2:16 pm

      Happy Birthday Kevin!! The cake looks scrumptious!! Colleen Rohrer

      Reply
    4. Bonnie

      September 02, 2013 at 10:24 pm

      Happy Birthday Young Man !!!!
      Thanks for sharing your recipe with us ... it sure sounds like a winner ...

      Reply
    5. brenda

      September 05, 2013 at 12:56 pm

      Happy Birthday again, Kevin.
      we;;, you must have a good relationship with your MIL to get that cake baked for your birthday. Since I have an allergy to chocolate I am going to try my mothers recipe for a brown sugar frosting on it.

      Reply
    6. kentuckylady717

      May 21, 2016 at 10:24 pm

      Happy Birthday Kevin, the cake looks and sounds delicious......

      Reply
      • Kevin

        May 22, 2016 at 8:44 pm

        Thanks, that was an old post I recycled...my birthday isn't until August, but thanks in advance!:)

        Reply
    7. Rosemary Correia

      March 15, 2020 at 9:17 pm

      Thanks for a great recipe as this cake was very good. The only thing I did different was add a little milk to the frosting because due to its thickness, it was hard to spread. Both cake and frosting had a very nice flavor and not dry. Will definitely be making again.

      Reply
      • Kevin

        March 16, 2020 at 12:29 pm

        Thanks, Rosemary, glad you liked it!

        Reply

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