This weekend marked her 21st birthday, which meant I had to find the perfect cake to serve. Since we are roommates and best friends, she's seen and tasted every type of cake I've ever made! I wanted her to have something new.
Luckily, I love to look at food blogs. It is my most productive way to waste time. This cake was found on Cookie Baker Lynn and fit perfectly for the occasion!
Lynn's Peanut Butter Cake was perfect. It is four-layer white cake with peanut butter frosting between each layer and chocolate frosting on the outside. I added peanut butter to the chocolate frosting too, (just because my mom does that whenever she makes peanut butter cups) but you can really use anything with chocolate and butter in it. Sprinkle Reece's Peanut Butter Cups on top and voila! Your cake is done. Hope you like it as much as Sarah and I did!
Peanut Butter Frosting
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
1 tsp pure vanilla extract
1/8-1/4 tsp salt (to taste)
3 cups powdered sugar
3-4 Tbs milk
Cream the peanut butter and butter together until light in color and smooth. Add vanilla and salt and mix until well incorporated. With mixer on low, add powdered sugar in a little bit at a time until too stiff to mix (or until all of it bunches up on your mixer like it did for me!) Add milk and continue with the sugar until it has all been used. Add milk and mix until frosting is smooth and spreadable.
