Thread Number: 70991
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Making a Peanut Butter Cake with the Kitchen Aid Model 3B Mixer |
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Post# 939853   5/23/2017 at 09:20 (2,501 days old) by kevin313 (Detroit, Michigan)   |   | |
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Post# 939854 , Reply# 1   5/23/2017 at 09:20 (2,501 days old) by kevin313 (Detroit, Michigan)   |   | |
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Here's the recipe:
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Post# 939913 , Reply# 2   5/23/2017 at 18:11 (2,500 days old) by twintubdexter (Palm Springs)   |   | |
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Nobody is more unskilled at baking than I am. If Betty Crocker or Duncan Hines were in my kitchen they'd call me a klutz, but I am going to try my hand at this cake. A while back I bought this guide that's supposed to allow you to cut cake layers in halves and even smaller so you can do those deserts that are more frosting than cake. Peanut Butter would be great. I even purchased one of those turntables for applying and smoothing frosting. I think I will use a frosting recipe that doesn't harden up quite so fast although I love the kind that firms-up like fudge...yum! Depending on what the finished cake looks like I may take a photo...or I could go buy a cake and lie.
KitchenAid calls the way their stand mixers do their thing "planetary action".
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Post# 939939 , Reply# 3   5/23/2017 at 20:07 (2,500 days old) by mayguy (Minnesota)   |   | |
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Thanks for sharing! I will have to try this as I love peanut butter! |
Post# 939957 , Reply# 4   5/23/2017 at 21:10 (2,500 days old) by ea56 (Cotati, Calif.)   |   | |
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Great job Kevin and Ralph! I always enjoy your videos. I like the idea of using a cooked fudge type icing on the sheet cake. It looks delicious.
And I loved your demo of the vintage KA stand mixer. Looks like the old style beater would take the place of both the whisk and beater of the newer KA's, and maybe even be a better design. Thanks for sharing your recipes. Eddie |
Post# 939965 , Reply# 5   5/23/2017 at 21:29 (2,500 days old) by Michaelman2 (Lauderdale by the Sea, FL)   |   | |
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As mentioned in private messaging, your posts and recipes are always keepers. I plan to bake this soon. You always post really nice recipes and I save them to my "keeper" files. |
Post# 939988 , Reply# 6   5/24/2017 at 01:58 (2,500 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)   |   | |
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The old KA 3B mixer shown in the film-A CLASSIC.Mixer fans love those today.Sadly----todays KA mixers are NOT Hobart built-they are Whirlpool built-not as good as the Hobart models.Forget the date when WP acquired the KA home brand from Hobart. |
Post# 940289 , Reply# 9   5/26/2017 at 00:43 (2,498 days old) by MattL (Flushing, MI)   |   | |
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Well I made it tonight, quite good! As MixGuy suggested I added a touch of cinnamon. Taking it to work tomorrow minus a piece or two.... |
Post# 941068 , Reply# 10   5/30/2017 at 21:05 (2,493 days old) by kevin313 (Detroit, Michigan)   |   | |
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Glad that you enjoyed this recipe! I love just about anything peanut butter!
JOE - I love that cutting gizmo you got for making those thin slices! Often at restaurants they have these cakes/tortes on the dessert tray and there are 6 or more layers with all that goodness in between them. I often thought how difficult it would be to slice a delicate cake cross-wise so thin! Now I see there is a tool. A baker friend of mine told me a long time ago that when he split a standard layer into two parts, he would use dental floss instead of a knife because is made a cleaner and more controlled cut. I've tried it and it does work. And thanks for "planetary action" - I can never remember that! RUSSELL/MATT - Great idea about using the cinnamon! Matt, glad the cake came out well and I hope everyone enjoyed it! |
Post# 963139 , Reply# 11   10/18/2017 at 09:54 (2,353 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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Used crunchy peanut butter, decided to turn it into a sheet cake (which used the same baking temperature and even the same amount of time) and while I didn't have waxed paper handy (& never used w/ the cooking spray) in my pan, I went with the shortening and flour, and despite being wary of my alternative, the cake turned out great, didn't burn or become charred, and is in the ranks of the many times it came right OUT OF the pan; virtually nothing stuck in it...
As for frosting, I just decided a can of chocolate was just as good--here are a couple "surprise" pieces for my wife (she liked, but got too full) and daughter (who I didn't think enjoyed the cake as she openly said so, and it was admittedly dry, but I enjoyed their leftovers, and after frosting the whole remaining slab of it, had my own slice--and at this point in my baking life, and not leaving sheet cakes in the orig. baking pan, (taking them out for serving) I could use a big cake platter!)... -- Dave |
Post# 963163 , Reply# 12   10/18/2017 at 13:13 (2,352 days old) by DaveAMKrayoGuy (Oak Park, MI)   |   | |
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Post# 963165 , Reply# 13   10/18/2017 at 13:26 (2,352 days old) by kevin313 (Detroit, Michigan)   |   | |
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