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Amish Peanut Butter Cake (with peanut butter frosting)
Packed with peanuts!
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Prep Time
20
minutes
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Cook Time
30
minutes
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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.
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