Peanut Butter Delight Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• nonstick cooking spray
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 3/4 cup butter flavor shortening
• 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/3 cup firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 3 eggs
• 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup buttermilk
• 3/4 cup chocolate syrup
• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1/4 cup chocolate syrup
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• water
• 2 -4 tablespoons chopped dry roasted peanuts

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350. spray 10-inch (12 cup) bundt pan with cooking spray.
• 2 for cake, combine granulated sugar, shortening, peanut butter and brown sugar in large bowl. beat with electric mixer at low speed until creamy. add vanilla and then eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• 3 combine flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt in medium bowl. add to peanut butter mixture alternately with buttermilk, beating after each addition until well blended.
• 4 spoon 2 cups batter into medium bowl. stir in 3/4 cup sundae syrup.
• 5 spoon plain batter into prepared bundt pan. spoon chocolate batter over plain batter. do not mix.
• 6 bake 1 hour 10 minutes to 1 hour 20 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. (cake will rise, then fall during baking.) do not overbake.
• 7 cool 45 minutes on wire rack before removing from pan. place cake, fluted side up, on serving plate. cool completely.
• 8 for glaze, combine powdered sugar, 1/4 cup chocolate sundae syrup and vanilla in small bowl. stir to blend. add water, 1 drop at a time, until glaze is of desired consistency.
• 9 spoon over top of cake. sprinkle with nuts.