Peanut Butter Cake With Fluffy Chocolate Frosting
- 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package yellow cake mix
- 1 12 cups water
- 13 cup smooth peanut butter
- 13 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 23 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 6 tablespoons boiling water
- 8 tablespoons butter, softened
- 3 cups powdered sugar, sifted (plus additional if needed)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Lightly grease and flour two 9 inch cake pans.
- Put all cake ingredients in large mixing bowl.
- Mix as directed on box.
- Pour into pans.
- Bake 23 to 28 minutes, or until tests done.
- Remove from oven and let cool for 10 minutes.
- Run a sharp knife around edges of cakes, then turn cakes out onto a plate, then invert on a wire rack (so the cakes are right side up) to finish cooling, at least 30 minutes more.
- While cake is cooling, make frosting:.
- Place cocoa into large mixing bowl and pour the boiling water over it.
- Stir with a wooden spoon until cocoa comes together in a mass.
- Add butter and beat on low speed of mixer for about 30 seconds, or until well combined.
- Add powdered sugar and vanilla, then beat on low for about 1 minute, then increase speed to medium until the frosting lightens and is fluffy, about 2 minutes more.
- Add additional boiling water, 1 tsp at a time, or powdered sugar, 1 Tbs at a time, until frosting is of desired consistency.
- Use frosting to frost the cooled cake layers.
yellow cake, water, smooth peanut butter, vegetable oil, eggs, vanilla, cocoa, boiling water, butter, powdered sugar, vanilla
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/peanut-butter-cake-with-fluffy-chocolate-frosting-290840 (may not work)