I am extremely honored to announce that this is my first week co-hosting This Week’s Cravings along with Tina over at MOMS CRAZY COOKING, Kristen from From My Tiny Kitchen, Angie from Big Bear’s Wife & Kristi from Veggie Converter. When Tina asked me to be one of the co-hosts, I hesitated only a moment to ponder the effort I would need to put into it, and then decided I’m already pretty much making at least 2 or 3 recipes a week, so why not just follow a theme for one of them. A resounding yes was what Tina got back in her email! I’m super excited!
I am even more excited because today celebrates the 1st Birthday of This Week’s Cravings. That’s right, they’ve been doing this every week for a year!
One of the things I love about This Week’s Cravings, is the fact that there is a theme associated with each week and anyone who has a recipe that follows that theme, can link up. Yes, you – if you have a cake recipe, link it up down there at the bottom in the linky. It will be awesome. (make sure you read the simple rules first). And make sure it’s a CAKE.
I’ve been wanting to try this recipe for a long time. I got it from one of my favorite blogs, Christy of Southern Plate. I love her food. Do you have her cookbook? You should!
This recipe has been sitting there taunting me and begging me to make it, yet for some reason I have hesitated. I’m glad I did though, because it was perfect for This Week’s Cravings. Leave it to me to decide to make it the same week I made two batches of cookies and some brownies. Apparently I am into baking this month. and can you believe I didn’t change a thing?
Peanut Butter Cake with Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients:
- 2-2/3 cup self rising flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 cup sugar
- ½ cup butter (or margarine)
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups buttermilk
For the Peanut Butter Cream Cheese Frosting
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 ½ cups peanut butter
- 8 oz bar of cream cheese
- 2 Tbs. milk
Place sugar, butter, peanut butter and eggs in a mixing bowl and mix up with an electric mixer until well combined and smooth.
Mix self-rising flour with baking soda.
Add flour to wet mixture alternately with the buttermilk. 
Bake in three layer cake pans at 350 for about 35 minutes. 
Allow to cool ten minutes in pan before turning out to cool completely.
For the Frosting:
Combine peanut butter, cream cheese, and powdered sugar with two tablespoon of milk. You may need to add an extra tablespoon or two of milk if the mixture is too thick. Or, if the mixture becomes too runny for your tastes, add extra powdered sugar.
Beat with an electric Mixer until smooth and creamy. 
This cake is amazing and while Christy pairs hers with a tall glass of cold milk, I can’t drink milk, so I paired mine with a nice hot cup of coffee and it was like eating a slice of heaven and washing it down with liquid gold. I don’t know what I’d do without peanut butter.
Participate in upcoming linky parties:
11/14/2011Â Â Â Week # 55Â Â Â Your BEST Pumpkin Recipes
11/21/2011Â Â Â Week # 56Â Â Â Thanksgiving Dinners & Desserts
11/28/2011Â Â Â Week # 57Â Â Â French Toast, Pancakes, Waffles & More
This is a BLOG Party hosted byMOMS CRAZY COOKING, From My Tiny Kitchen, Big Bears Wife, The Daily Dish and Veggie Converter. If you are a regular link-up we’re excited to see what you made this week. If you are new please read and follow the simple rules, so that everyone can enjoy the linky party! If you forget to follow the theme, your post will be deleted. Please don’t feel hurt, just come back and link up a recipe that follows the theme. Thanks a million, we look forward to blogging with you!
The LINKY PARTY is opened ALL Week!
PLEASE do not link more then 3 recipes per week.
This week’s theme is:Â CAKES
Please only link recipes with our theme!
Ingredients
- 2-2/3 cup self rising flour
- 2 tsp baking soda
- 2 cup sugar
- ½ cup butter (or margarine)
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 2 eggs
- 2 cups buttermilk
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 ½ cups peanut butter
- 8 oz bar of cream cheese
- 2 Tbs. milk
Instructions
Place sugar, butter, peanut butter and eggs in a mixing bowl and mix up with an electric mixer until well combined and smooth.
Mix self-rising flour with baking soda.
Add flour to wet mixture alternately with the buttermilk.
Bake in three layer cake pans at 350 for about 35 minutes.
Allow to cool ten minutes in pan before turning out to cool completely.
For the Frosting: Combine peanut butter, cream cheese, and powdered sugar with two tablespoon of milk. You may need to add an extra tablespoon or two of milk if the mixture is too thick. Or, if the mixture becomes too runny for your tastes, add extra powdered sugar. Beat with an electric Mixer until smooth and creamy.
http://dailydishrecipes.com/happy-bday-this-weeks-cravings-a-peanut-butter-cake-recipe/This week’s theme is: CAKES
Please only link recipes with our theme!
Nicole Cook
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Love this idea & love the peanut butter cake recipe! Thank you for sharing. I hope I did the linky correct. It was my first time!
Mmm… Peanut butter cake was very good, but chocolate cake is pretty darn good too. And you did great! You were our first entry which makes me smile a whole lot!
xoxox
Looks amazing can you send me a piece? My daughter refuses to eat anything with peanut butter in it so if I made it I would for sure it the whole thing myself.
I can definitely try to send you a piece, but you don’t want to eat this whole cake yourself (even though it is terribly tempting). LOL It’s actually super filling so I had to cut my kids the thinnest slices or they were moaning on the couch 20 minutes later… “Oh I ate too much.” So funny, but it’s true. Super amazing and delicious you don’t WANT to stop eating!
Your cake looks amazing!
Thank you!
Perfect! Perfect! Perfect! I am so glad you joined with us for THIS WEEK’S CRAVINGS… looking forward to many more weeks together! And your cake looks amazing!
Tina I am so thrilled to be a co-host with the rest of you amazing, talented foodies. You’re awesome, I love everything you do and I’m really excited for 2012. Like, really excited.
I get to see you! Right here, in my hometown. I’m giddy!
Thanks so much for the invitation to join this week’s cravings! Your pb cake looks marvelous!!!
When you send Sara her piece, include like half the cake for me too, ok? Seriously, girl, peanut butter? The one thing I would take with me to that deserted island…
Looks absolutely wonderful, Nicole! I have always been to scared to cook a fancy two layer cake. That and my family never eats the sweets I make so they end up at the office! Peanut butter desserts are our favorite, though!