peanut butter cake

Ingredients

3 c flour
4 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
2/3 c oil
2/3 c peanut butter, smooth
2 c brown sugar
4 eggs
2 c buttermilk
2 tsp vanilla

Instructions

sift flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt set aside
in mixer, beat oil, sugar, peanut butter, eggs
pour in 1/3rd of the buttermilk and combine, add 1/3 of the flour mixture. repeat alternating buttermilk with flour until all combined
pour in 2 8 in circular cake pans and one 9'' cake pan bake for 35 minutes at 350

Notes

to make a cauldron,

make peanut butter frosting for inside the cake and crumb coat.

make cocoa buttercream with black cocoa for outside.

slice each cake in half. put one 8'' cake on bottom, frost, top with 2nd 8'' half, frost, put one 9'' cake on top of it, frost, add second 9'' cake, frost , add 8'' cake, frost top, add last 8'' piece. Cut and shape like a cauldron and do a crumb coat. Put in fridge til firm and then coat with cocoa buttercream made with King Arther's Black cocoa for dark, black color.