Peanut Butter Picnic Cake
By: Helen Pitlick
Published: Thursday, December 10, 2009 - 12:11am

Ingredients




1/2 cup  butter
 cups sugar
1/4 cup peanut butter
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
2 cups flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup milk
1 (10-oz) jar strawberry preserves or grape jel
1/4 cup margarine or butter
1/4 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla
dash of salt
2 1/2 cups sifted confectioners sugar
3 tablespoons milk

Preparation

1 Cream margarine and sugar until light and fluffy. Blend in peanut butter, eggs and vanilla. Add combined dry ingredients alternately with milk, mixing well after each addition.  2 Pour into two greased and floured 8 or 9 inch layer pans. Bake at 350, 35-40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes remove from pans. Spread 2/3 cup preserves between layers. Frost with Peanut Butter Frosting. Decorate with additional preserves. 3 Peanut butter frosting: cream butter; blend in peanut butter, vanilla and salt. Add sugar alternately with milk, beating until light and fluffy.