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Grandma Jackson’s White Cake With Peanut Butter Icing Recipe

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Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
Cake:
3/4 c. shortening
2 c. sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 1/2 c. AP flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1 c. milk

Peanut Butter Icing:
1/4 c. butter
1/4 c. peanut butter
4-5 c. powdered sugar
Enough milk to spread
Directions:
Directions:
Cake:
Mix the shortening, sugar, eggs, and vanilla with a mixer.
Slowly add the flour, salt, and baking powder.
Beat again.
Add 1 c. milk and beat again. Put in a prepared 9 x13 cake pan and bake at 350º 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out mostly clean.

Icing:
Cream the butter and peanut butter until fluffy. Slowly add the powdered sugar. Thin it out with milk until desired spreading consistency.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
This is the cake my Grandma Jackson took to the homes of people who had lost loved ones. Everyone called her Fatty, even though her name was Nannie Lee. I know I heard, "Fatty, please give us the recipe to this cake," at least 50 times in my life. She would always say, "There is no recipe. I just mix it up in my head."
One time a cousin of my grandpa piped up and said, "Well, if I were you, I'd use a mixing bowl." I had never seen my grandma get mad like she did that day.
She hopped up and said, "Let's go!" She swore on the way home that she would NEVER give this recipe to any of those hateful women. She was such a hoot! The only reason I have it is that I watched her making it one day and secretly wrote down what she was doing. I got very close. It is delicious.

 

 

 

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