Ingredients

CAKE:

• ½ cup butter, softened
• ¼ cup peanut butter
• 1 ½ cups sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 3 teaspoons baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup milk

FROSTING:

• ¼ cup butter, softened
• ½ cup plus 1 Tablespoon peanut butter
• 1 ¾ Tablespoons vanilla
• 3 cups confectioners’ sugar
• 4-6 Tablespoons milk
• ¾ cup grape jelly

Directions

• In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and peanut butter until smooth. Add sugar; mix well. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; add to peanut butter mixture alternately with milk.
• Pour into two greased and floured 9-inch round baking pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool for 5 minutes before removing from pans to wire racks to cool completely.
• For frosting, in a mixing bowl beat the butter and the peanut butter. Add the vanilla, confectioners’ sugar and enough milk for spreading consistency. Place one cake layer on a serving plate and spread with grape jelly. Top with the remaining cake layer; frost top and sides of cake with frosting.

Yield: 12 servings.