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.
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!
🥜 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:
- 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.
🥜 More Amish Peanut Recipes
Peanuts are an important part of the Amish culinary landscape and are used in many recipes, here are some favorites!
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!
Classic!
🖨️ Peanut Butter Lovers Cake Recipe
Prize-Winning Peanut Butter Lovers Cake
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.
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