6-Layer Peanut Butter Cake
- 2 cups Self-Rising Flour
- 2 cups Sugar
- 1 cup Water
- 2 sticks Butter Or Margarine
- 1 cup Peanut Butter
- 1/2 cups Buttermilk
- 2 whole Eggs
- 1- 1/2 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1 stick Butter Or Margarine
- 13 cups Buttermilk
- 1/2 cups Peanut Butter
- 1 box Powdered Sugar (4 Cups)
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla
- 1- 1/2 cup Semi-sweet Or Milk Chocolate Chips
- 4 Tablespoons Heavy Cream
- Put flour and sugar into a mixing bowl, stir to mix.
- Bring water, butter and peanut butter to boiling in a saucepan, stirring to keep from sticking.
- Add to flour and sugar mixture in the bowl.
- Add buttermilk, eggs and vanilla.
- Mix well.
- Pour into three 8 round cake pans.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 25-30 minutes.
- Cool.
- While cake is baking, make the icing.
- Put butter, buttermilk and peanut butter into a saucepan and bring to a boil, stirring to keep from sticking.
- Remove from the stove and add the powdered sugar and vanilla.
- Set aside.
- While cake is cooling, make ganache.
- Put chocolate chips and 3 tablespoons heavy cream in a microwave safe bowl.
- Heat for 30-45 seconds until chips melt and can be stirred into a nice sauce.
- Add another tablespoon of cream if needed.
- Keep warm.
- Place one cake layer on a cake plate.
- Slice horizontally, spread with 1/3 of the ganache and top with the other half of the layer.
- Top with 1/3 to 1/2 cup of peanut butter icing.
- Repeat with the other 2 layers, using the rest of the peanut butter icing to ice the sides and top of cake.
- Serves 12-16.
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Taken from tastykitchen.com/recipes/desserts/6-layer-peanut-butter-cake/ (may not work)