Peanut butter pound cake
Peanut butter pound cake recipe in the cake category
Recipe ingredients:
- 1 1/4 cups, 2 1/2 sticks, butter
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 6 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/2 cup peanut butter, smooth or crunchy
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/3 cup peanuts, finely chopped, optional
Recipe method:
- Cream butter and sugar until light yellow.
- Beat in eggs, one at a time, until thoroughly blended.
- Add vanilla extract and slowly beat in peanut butter.
- Sift flour with baking powder and salt.
- Add flour mixture, a little at a time, until well blended.
- Line a 9 or 10 inch tube pan on the bottom with wax paper.
- Spoon in batter and bake at 350 degrees F for 45 minutes.
- Reduce heat to 325 degrees F and bake 15 to 20 minutes longer, until cake tests done.
- Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove from pan and cool cake completely.
- If desired, toward the end of baking, while cake is still soft, sprinkle about 1/3 cup finely chopped peanuts onto batter to give it a crunchy topping.
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