Peanut Butter Cake
 
Makes 1 (9-inch) cake
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups (330 grams) firmly packed light brown sugar
  • ½ cup (128 grams) peanut butter*
  • ½ cup (112 grams) vegetable oil
  • 3 large eggs (150 grams), room temperature
  • 1½ teaspoons (6 grams) vanilla extract
  • 2¼ cups (281 grams) all-purpose flour
  • 1 tablespoon (15 grams) baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon (5 grams) baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon (3 grams) kosher salt
  • 1½ cups (360 grams) whole buttermilk, room temperature
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°F (180°C). Butter and flour 2 (9-inch) round cake pans.
  2. In a large bowl, stir together brown sugar, peanut butter, and oil until combined and creamy. Add eggs and vanilla, stirring just until combined.
  3. In a medium bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Gradually add flour mixture to sugar mixture alternately with buttermilk, beginning and ending with flour mixture, stirring just until combined after each addition. Divide batter between prepared pans.
  4. Bake until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Let cool in pans for 10 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire racks.
Notes
*Use regular, smooth, prepackaged peanut butter.
Recipe by Bake from Scratch at https://staging.bakefromscratch.com/favorite-birthday-cake-recipes/