Tue
25
Aug
2009
Unbelievable, but true: Peanut Butter Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream and Hot Chocolate Sauce!
Got an excuse to celebrate? Want to prove that American cuisine is deliciously delightful? Try this!
Peanut Butter Cake
Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F)
Cream together:
250 g (1 C) peanut butter
125 g (1/2 C) butter
175 g (1 C) sugar
Blend in:
3 eggs
1/2 T vanilla (or flavored liquor)
Sift together:
275 g (2-1/4 C) flour
2 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
Gradually add to batter with: 225 ml (1 C) milk
beginning & ending with dry ingredients.
Spread in a greased & floured--or silicone--baking pan.
Bake 180°C (350°F) for about 50 minutes, until a knife blade comes out clean.
While the cake is baking, prepare your vanilla ice cream; then…
Hot Fudge Sauce
Cook over a double-boiler until thick:
400 g (1 can) sweetened condensed milk
150 g (1 C) best-quality baking chocolate (OR 3 T cocoa + 3 T butter)
OR microwave medium-power for 2 mintues, stir; cook additional 30 seconds until smooth.
Stir in:
1/2 t vanilla
1/2 t salt
thin with hot water as desired.
Apryl Zarfos Anderson

