Lewis County Recipes: Peanut Butter Cake

This recipe comes to us from Mrs. Elaine Bell, Lewis County Schools Cafeteria Manager for many years.

She says, "I really don't know where this cake recipe came from. We made it at the school and it was a big hit with the students."

Deanna-Darden Carroll shar-ed it with me, and it is terrific. Like Deanna, I bet some of you remember having this cake when you were in school. If so, now you have the recipe. Enjoy!

Ingredients

1 1/2 C. sugar

1/4 lb. butter

2 eggs

1 C. buttermilk

2 C. flour

2 tsp. baking soda

1 tsp. vanilla

1/2 C. peanut butter

Sauce

1/2 C. peanut butter

3/4 stick butter

1 C. powdered sugar

*Milk

Instructions

Mix all wet ingredients together. In a separate bowl, mix dry ingredients. Fold dry ingredients into wet ingredients and pour in greased and floured 9 x13 inch pan.

Bake at 350 for 30 minutes or until golden brown and toothpick comes out clean.

*Mix sauce ingredients together, using enough milk to thin to "soupy" consistency.

Deanna's Notes:

I sift the flour, and I also sift the confectioners sugar to remove the lumps. The cake needs to cool before adding the sauce.