Penzeys Peanut Butter Pound Cake Recipes

PENZEYS PEANUT BUTTER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• DO NOT preheat the oven.
• Lightly grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan, and set aside.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and the peanut butter. Add the sugar and beat until light in color.
• Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. The mixture should be light and fluffy.
• Add the vanilla.
• In a smaller bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
• Gradually add to the butter mixture, alternating with the milk, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix until smooth and creamy.
• Pour into the cake pan, and place in the cold oven.
• Set the oven temperature to 375 degrees F, and bake about 1 hour 35 minutes (check after 1 hour 10 minutes, as all ovens are different), or until a tester comes out clean.
• When it is done baking, let the cake cool in the pan for 30 minutes before turning out on a rack to cool completely.
• For the icing:.
• Place the chocolate chips in a small mixing bowl.
• Heat the cream in a heavy saucepan, until boiling. Pour over the chocolate chips and stir until creamy and smooth.
• Let cool for 2 to 3 minutes.
• Brush any loose crumbs from the cake. Place the cooling rack on a wax paper or parchment-lined baking sheet to catch any drips.
• Pour the icing evenly over the cake, allowing it to cascade down the sides and cover the cake.
• Move the cake rack to another lined baking sheet, scrape the drips from the used baking sheet, reheat the chocolate, and pour over the cake.

PEANUT BUTTER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar until light.
• Beat in eggs, one at a time, beating well after each.
• Add vanilla, beat in peanut butter slowly.
• Sift flour with baking powder and salt.
• Stir into butter mixture, a little at a time, until well blended.
• Grease a tube pan; pour batter in and bake 45 minutes at 350°F; reduce heat to 325°F and bake until cake tests done, 15 to 20 minutes longer.
• Cool in pan on rack 10 minutes before removing to rack to cool completely.
• If desired, sprinkle chopped peanuts on cake towards the end of baking while batter is still soft to give it a crunchy topping.

PEANUT BUTTER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• ****DO NOT PREHEAT THE OVEN**** Grease and sugar a 10" tube pan and set aside.
• In the large mixer bowl, cream the butter and peanut butter. Add the sugar and beat until it is light in color. Add the eggs one at a time, mixing well after each addition. The mixture should be light and fluffy . Add the vanilla.
• In a smaller bowl, sift together the flour, baking powder, cinnamon, and salt. Gradually add to the butter mixture, alternating with the milk (beginning and ending with flour)
• Mix the batter until smooth and creamy. Pour into the prepared pan and place in the COLD oven. Set temperature to 325 degrees and bake until tester comes out clean or about 1 hour 25 minutes to 1 hour 35 minutes. Please note that all ovens are different so begin checking at 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• Let cake cool in the pan for 20 minutes or so before turning it out onto a cooling rack to cool completely before icing. Place cake on desired plate or cake saver.
• ICING---- Place the chocolate chips in a small mixing bowl. Heat the heavy cream in a heavy-bottomed saucepan until boiling stirring constantly so it doesn't scortch. Pour over the chocolate chips and stir until creamy and smooth. Let cool for 2 to 3 minutes. Brush any loose crumbs from the cake. Pour the icing s l o w l y and evenly over the cake allowing it to cascade and cover the cake. Let icing cool completely before serving.
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PEANUT BUTTER POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan; line with parchment paper.
• Combine sugar and butter in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until light and creamy. Beat in eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add vanilla extract. Beat in peanut butter slowly.
• Sift flour, baking powder, and salt together in a bowl. Mix into the butter mixture, a little at a time, until batter is well blended. Pour batter into the prepared tube pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden, about 45 minutes. Sprinkle peanuts on top. Reduce oven temperature to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Continue baking until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 15 to 20 minutes more.
• Cool cake in the pan for 10 minutes. Invert onto a wire rack and let cool completely.