Peanut Butter!!

This post is dedicated to Cory! Hope you enjoy it!

Peanut butter, what kids doesn’t like peanut butter? It’s sweet and sticky and delicious. Still to this day I would rather have a peanut butter and banana sandwich than any other kind of sandwich. As a kid it was the only thing I really liked to eat and would eat it straight out of the jar. Not only is it yummy, it gets gum out of just about anything thanks to its natural oils. Thankfully my mom only had to do this a couple of time(maybe more, who keeps track of those things).

Today’s task was to make a 1st birthday cake to one of my best friends little boy.(pictured at the top of the page) The bottom tier was Strawberry Shortcake(French vanilla cake and strawberry filling) and the bottom was a take on Peanut butter cups.

To accomplish the bottom layer I altered the ingredients of a traditional butter cream to make it a Peanut Butter cream(which I accomplished very successfully if I do say so myself.) First I added a stick of butter and creamed it with smooth peanut butter until both were creamy. Then add a ½ tablespoon of vanilla. Next, add three cups of powdered sugar one cup at a time. When doing this your buttercream will start to get very stiff so add milk or water to thin it out as needed. This is one of my most favorite icing I have ever done. I used this butter cream as a filling and a regular to decorate the cake. I am leaving to go to the party shortly and will let yall know how they like it!

I also make Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Cupcakes. This recipe is simple also, take a simple choc cake mix and add ¼ cup chocolate syrup and a cup of chocolate chips. When the cupcakes are through cooking, let cool and top with peanut butter frosting and sprinkle chocolate chips on top. YUMMMY!

Cory, I hope you enjoy this recipe! I am searching for other fabulous and unique peanut butter recipes and will talk about it more!