Peanut Butter Fudge Cake

I saw this on my old co-workers and dear friend's blog.  I forced her to send me the recipe. Yummmm. You just can't go wrong with peanut butter and fudge.

Peanut Butter Fudge Cake

2 cups flour

1 tsp baking soda

2 cups sugar

1 cup butter

1/4 cup cocoa (I use dutch )

1 cup water

1/2 cup buttermilk

2 large eggs, lightly beaten

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter

chocolate frosting

Combine first 3 ingredients in large bowl and set aside. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat, stir in cocoa, water, and buttermilk. In a separate bowl whisk eggs. Slowly pour half of hot chocolate mixture into eggs while whisking constantly. Then pour it back into saucepan, whisking continuously, to combine it all. (This prevents the hot mixture from cooking the eggs upon contact. If you still get tiny pieces of white cooked egg in the dough, it doesn't effect the taste.) Allow mixture to boil, stirring constantly. Remove from heat, add to flour mixture and stir until smooth. Stir in vanilla. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9x13 pan. Bake at 350 for 20-25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 10 minutes. Carefully spread peanut butter ( I heat it in the microwave for a minute to soften it) over warm cake. Cool completely. Spread with chocolate frosting. Cut into squares. 20-25 servings.

Chocolate Frosting

1 (16oz) package powdered sugar

1/4 cup cocoa (I use dutch)

1/2 cup butter

1/3 cup buttermilk

1 tsp vanilla extract

Bring cocoa, butter and buttermilk to a boil in a small saucapn over medium heat, stirring constantly. Pour hot mixture into a bowl with the sugar, stirring until smooth. stir in vanilla.