Peanut Butter Fudge Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup peanut butter
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 3 eggs
• 3 unsweetened chocolate squares, melted
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups cold water
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1/4 cup peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/2 cups icing sugar
• 5 -6 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 to make cake: generously grease and flour a 12-cup bundt pan.
• 2 cream the margarine with the peanut butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• 3 add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition.
• 4 stir in the chocolate and vanilla.
• 5 sift together the flour, soda and salt; add to the creamed mixture alternately with the water, mixing well after each addition.
• 6 pour into the prepared pan.
• 7 bake at 350°f for 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• 8 cool 5 minutes.
• 9 remove from the pan.
• 10 cool thoroughly.
• 11 top with peanut butter glaze.
• 12 garnish with chopped nuts if desired.
• 13 to make peanut butter glaze: cream the butter with the peanut butter, vanilla and salt.
• 14 add the sugar alternately with the milk, beating until light and creamy.