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    Home » Recipes » Amish Cakes

    Prize-Winning Peanut Butter Lovers Cake

    Published: Jan 31, 2021 · Updated: Apr 30, 2022 by Kevin Williams | Leave a Comment

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    This recipe for prize-winning peanut butter lovers cake comes to us from the Mennonite settlement outside of Jessup, Georgia in the heart of peanut country.    The Mennonite woman who shared it with me said she came up with the recipe as a way to incorporate locally grown peanut products, and that the cake is a prize-winner (she didn't say what prize) and it is also her daughter's favorite cake for birthdays.

    This recipe has been around Amish365.com for a long time. And, I have to say, if you like peanut butter, you will LOVE this cake. I mean, what is there not to like? I do love pure peanut butter. There is a Mennonite bakery near me, for instance, that makes these amazing peanut butter whoopie pies which are essentially two peanut butter cookies with a layer of whipped peanut butter frosting between the two peanut butter cookies. That is pure peanut butter bliss.

    For me, the more peanutty the better. I'd be tempted next time to use a crunchy peanut butter.

    Peanut butter frosting

    This prize-winning peanut butter lovers cake is a triple layer cake. Now, if it were just me eating the cake, I'd go thicker on the layers of frosting than what you see in the picture. I mean, the cake part of this cake is GOOD, but the frosting, THAT is the star of the show, so I want more of that!

    Either way, whether you decide on a thinner or a thicker layer of frosting, this cake is packed with peanutty goodness. If you are the type of person, like I am, that can't get enough peanut butter (I dip my Reese's Cups in peanut butter), this cake is for you!

    Jump to:
    • 🥜 Peanut Butter Cake Ingredients
    • 📋 Peanut Butter Cake Instructions
    • 🥜 More Amish Peanut Recipes
    • 🖨️ Peanut Butter Lovers Cake Recipe

    🥜 Peanut Butter Cake Ingredients

    • 3 /4 cup shortening
    • 2 cups sugar
    • 5 eggs, separated
    • 1 cup peanut butter
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • 2 cups flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • 1 /3 teaspoon salt
    • 1 cup buttermilk

    Frosting Ingredients

    • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
    • 1 cup peanut butter
    • ¼ cup shortening
    • ¼ cup milk
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • ⅓ cup chopped peanuts

    📋 Peanut Butter Cake Instructions

    Cake:

    1. Heat oven to 350  
    2. Grease and flour 3 9-inch cake pans.
    3.   Separate eggs (room temperature).
    4. Whip whites until stiff, set aside.  
    5. Cream shortening and sugar.  
    6. Add butter, egg yolks, and vanilla.  
    7. Mix well.
    8. Sift flour, soda, and salt and add alternately with buttermilk.
    9. Fold egg whites into the batter.
    10. Divide into 3 pans.  
    11. Bake for 30 minutes at 350 or until a toothpick comes out clean.

    Frosting

    1. Whip everything together (except peanuts) until ingredients are thoroughly combined and spreadable.
    2. Spread between layers and on top and sides.
    3. Sprinkle with peanuts.

    🥜 More Amish Peanut Recipes

    Peanuts are an important part of the Amish culinary landscape and are used in many recipes, here are some favorites!

    Amish Peanut Butter Cup Cake

    Delicious!

    Mennonite Peanut Butter Sandwich Cookies

    Another perfect peanutty dessert!

    After-Church Peanut Butter Spread

    This is an Amish classic, spread on some bread and enjoy!

    Peanut Butter Cookies

    Classic!

    🖨️ Peanut Butter Lovers Cake Recipe

    Peanut Butter Cake

    Prize-Winning Peanut Butter Lovers Cake

    Packed with peanuts!
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    Prep Time 20 mins
    Cook Time 30 mins
    Course Dessert
    Cuisine American, Amish

    Ingredients
      

    • ¾ cup shortening
    • 2 cups sugar
    • 5 eggs separated
    • 1 cup peanut butter
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • 2 cups flour
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • ⅓ teaspoon salt
    • 1 cup buttermilk

    Peanut Butter Frosting

    • 1 ½ cups powedered sugar
    • 1 cup peanut butter
    • ¼ cup shortening
    • ¼ cup milk
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla
    • ⅓ cup peanuts chopped

    Instructions
     

    • Heat oven to 350  
    • Grease and flour 3 9-inch cake pans. 
    •  Separate eggs (room temperature). Whip whites until stiff, set aside.
    •  Cream shortening and sugar.  Add butter, egg yolks, and vanilla.  
    • Mix well. Sift flour, soda, and salt and add alternately with buttermilk.
    • Fold egg whites into the batter. Divide into 3 pans.  
    • Bake for 30 minutes at 350 or until a toothpick comes out clean.

    Frosting

    • Whip everything together (except peanuts) until ingredients are thoroughly combined and spreadable
    • Spread between layers and on top and sides.
    • Sprinkle with peanuts.
    Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!
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