PEANUT BUTTER-BUTTERMILK CHOCOLATE CAKE

PEANUT BUTTER-BUTTERMILK CHOCOLATE CAKE

Ingredients:
2 C Flour
2 C Sugar
1/2 t Salt
1/2 C Margarine
1 C Water
1/2 C Vegetable Shortening
3 T Cocoa ( heaping )
2 Eggs ( beaten )
1 t Baking Soda
1/2 C Buttermilk
1 t Vanilla
2 T Peanut Butter
Instructions:
Place in large mixing bowl: Flour, Sugar, and Salt. (Combine Mixture) Place in saucepan: Margarine, Water, Shortening, and Cocoa. Bring to boil and pour over flour mixture. Mix Well.Place in another bowl: eggs, Baking Soda, Buttermilk, and Vanilla. Mix
Well add this mixture to hot mixture. Mix Well.
Bake in greased and floured 9 x 13-inch pan at 350F for 15-20 min.While cake is HOT spread very thin layer of Peanut Butter on it. (You may not use all of the Peanut Butter!)
Icing:
1/2 C Margarine
3 T Cocoa ( heaping )
16 oz 1 Box Powdered Sugar
1 t Vanilla
1/2 C Chopped Nuts ( Optional )
6 T Milk
Melt Margarine and Cocoa in saucepan, but DO NOT BOIL, Mix Well. Take off heat and add powdered sugar, Vanilla, Nuts, and Milk ( add just enough milk to make the icing thin enough to spread). Mix Well.ICE CAKE WHILE HOT.