Chocolate and Peanut Butter…two of my favorite things!
A moist chocolate cake is a staple here on our homestead. Combine it with a cold glass of the fresh raw milk we get from a friends farm and the combination is to die for!
Chocolate cake recipes come and go at my house, but this is the recipe is one I always go back to.
The freshly brewed coffee that I add makes the chocolate flavor richer and the peanut butter icing tops it off for a family favorite.
It is like a peanut butter cup in a cake! Yum!!!
- 2 cups sugar
- 2 cups sifted unbleached flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 2 teaspoons baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup cocoa
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup freshly brewed hot coffee
- 2 eggs
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Sift together sugar, flour, baking soda, salt and baking powder in a separate bowl and set aside.
- In large mixing bowl dissolve cocoa in the hot coffee.
- Add oil and vanilla and mix well.
- Add flour mixture to the cocoa, coffee and oil mixture.
- Stir in milk.
- Add eggs one at a time and mix well until all blended.
- Cake batter will be runny.
- Using a 9x13 cake pan, pour batter into a greased and floured pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30-35 minutes. Do not over bake.
- Let cake cool completely on a wire rack
- 1/2 cup soft butter
- 1 cup smooth peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 4 cups sifted powdered sugar
- With a mixer, cream together butter and peanut butter until well combined. Add vanilla and mix well. Slowly add powdered sugar until frosting is spreadable.
- To be sure your cake does not crumble when frosting, freeze cooled cake for 1 hour prior to frosting.
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KitchenAid KSM75WH 4.5 Qt. Classic Plus Stand Mixer 
Cuisinart DLC-10S Pro Classic 7-Cup Food Processor 
Norpro 136 3-Cup Stainless Steel Crank Flour Sifter
Pyrex 1118990 3-Piece Measuring Cup Set 
5-Piece Cast-Iron Cookware Set
Looks really yummy! I love chocolate and peanut butter together.
Tracy, your presentation is just beautiful! I love how moist the cake is, and how you angled the shot. KUDDOS girl! Thank you so much for linking up to the Wonderful Wed. blog Hop through my blog. I featured you on my fb page and can’t wait to see what wonderful creation you bring next week. Carrie, A Mother’s Shadow
Thanks Carrie… this is my families favorite cake because it is so moist!
This sounds like a great yummy cake, thanks for sharing it at Good Morning Mondays. Blessings
Revise your recipe, you didn’t mention when to put in the sugar and vanilla.
Oh my…thank you for pointing that out and I fixed it right away.