Peanuts otherwise called groundnuts are one of the healthiest foods in the world. They contain mono-saturated fats which is encouraged in heart-healthy diets. Studies have proven that peanuts are very heart-friendly, and also contain other nutrients that are heart healthy such as Niacin, Vitamin E, Folate, Manganese and Protein. Other studies have highlighted the numerous health benefits of peanuts and its key role in reducing the risk of coming down with many diseases e.g Stroke.
I LOVE PEANUTS, yes those words are in bold because I truly love peanuts and nuts in general. Never leave me alone with a bottle of peanuts at home or worse still a jar of PEANUT BUTTER. You will never meet them the same when you get back,(my fiancee can attest to this) LOL. I always tell myself I will have just a scoop and I find out I just keep going back for more and can't tell myself to stop. Not until the empty jar stares back at me, that I know its time to stop. Luckily am not so addicted that I go running to the store to get me a new jar. ( I hope it doesn't get to that point)
I was staring at the bottom of my empty jar of Skippy when it hit me to incorporate peanut butter in my cake (since I love it so much) and see how it will turn out. And so began the journey to creating this recipe. I had to make my own Peanut butter from scratch from a recipe I got online, as I had run out of Skippy. And it was excellent. Read on...
PEANUT BUTTER CAKE RECIPE
Prep time: 30mins Cook Time: 1hr Total Time: 1hr 45mins (plus cooling time)
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Butter
- 1 cup homemade Peanut Butter
- 1/3 cup Sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 2 cups Flour
- 1/3 Full Cream Milk
- 1/4 cup Blended Whiskey
- 1/2 cup fairly mashed Peanuts
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1 tbsp Baking powder
Preparation: Grease and line a 9-inch baking pan and set aside. Mash half a cup of peanuts and set aside.
Prodecure: Preheat the oven/pot (see my other post for directions on how to bake a cake without an oven) to 180 degrees Celsius. In a bowl sieve flour and all dry ingredients together and set aside. In a separate bowl, mix butter and sugar until pale and creamy, add peanut butter and mix thoroughly until well mixed. Add eggs one at a time and mix well. Add vanilla, milk, and the whiskey, mix thoroughly until properly mixed. Fold in the mixed dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. Pour batter in the already greased baking pan and sprinkle the mashed peanuts on the top. Set in the oven for 1hr and then check for doneness with a toothpick or skewer if it comes out clean then your cake is ready (see my post on how to check for doneness in cake baking). Set on a cooling rack for 15mins and then DIG IN and CHOW DOWN *winks.
P.S: You can frost it with peanut butter frosting ( peanut butter, icing sugar, a flavour of your choice and lime juice) if you like.
Hope you enjoyed reading this and found it helpful. Make your comments, contributions and questions below.
* Disclaimer: The peanut butter brand name aforementioned is just the brand I love to consume and therefore the mentioning of the brand is in no way a means of publicity. I have not been paid to do this and it is of my own free will to use this brand name as a descriptive text in this post. There is no intention of publicity or promotion whatsoever.
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