#2227 - Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake

(by Shirley McNevich)

2 cups flour
1 3/4 cups white sugar
2/3 cup Hershey's cocoa
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup milk
1 cup water
1/2 cup canola oil
2 eggs
2 tsp. vanilla
1 - 11oz. bag Nestle's chocolate peanut butter morsels
1 - 8oz. Philadelphia cream cheese (softened)
1 tsp. vanilla
1/8 tsp. salt
3 cups Domino's powdered sugar

In a mixer add eggs and white sugar--beat. Add canola oil, 2 tsp. vanilla, milk and water--beat. Add cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt--beat. Slowly add flour--beat. Pour batter into a greased and floured 9 x 13 cake pan. Sprinkle 2/3 cup of the chocolate peanut butter morsels evenly over the top of the batter. Bake at 350 degrees for 25-35 minutes--test with a toothpick for doneness. Cool completely. Frosting: put the rest of the chocolate peanut butter morsels in a microwave safe bowl--melt them in the microwave according to bag directions. In a mixer add cream cheese--beat. Add melted morsels, 1 tsp. vanilla and salt--beat until smooth. Slowly add powdered butter--beat until smooth. Frost the cake. Keep refrigerated.