Aunt Greta’s World Famous Peanut Butter Cake
Greta Bahnemann
Ingredients
1 yellow cake mix
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 cup peanut butter
1 cup water
¼ cup canola or olive oil
3 eggs
1/2 cup chopped peanuts
1 cup chocolate chips
Directions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray and flour a 9 x 13 cake pan.
- Combine the yellow cake mix, brown sugar, and peanut butter in a large bowl. Beat on low speed with a mixer. Mix until crumbly.
- Reserve 2/3 cup of this mixture in a small bowl.
- Add remaining ingredients to the cake mix. Mix for 2 minutes with the hand mixer – until smooth and well incorporated.
- Pour cake batter into the prepared pan.
- Add chopped peanuts and chocolate chips to the reserved topping mixture and stir. Sprinkle the topping on the cake. Note: add extra chocolate chips if necessary.
- Bake 30-35 minutes. Test with a cake tester – the cake is done when the tester comes out clean.
My mom made this cake when I was growing up, because it was so quick and easy. I started making it when I went away to college, and then I started making it for work parties and events – and I’ve never stopped. My most memorable episode with this cake: Catching my boss eating the cake directly out of the pan in his office.
Greta Bahnemann is from Minitex, Minnesota Digital Library
