Thursday, July 16, 2009

Peanut Butter Coffee Cake

Peanut Butter Coffee Cake (Food Librarian)
I wish I was there when the first person took a few peanuts of out their shell and smashed them up. I would have screamed, "Awesome!"

Peanut butter is just so comforting. I love it.

Peanut Butter Coffee Cake (Food Librarian)
And what's as great as peanut butter? The Coffee Cake (or coffeecake - space or no space? I've see it both ways all the time)

Grammar aside, I found this recipe for Peanut Butter Coffee Cake on the Suite101.com website.

Peanut Butter Coffee Cake (Food Librarian)
I got this cute Hello Kitty figurine from one of those vending machines that 7 year olds love. $1 in quarters gets you one of 6 different figurines - "collect them all" the machine screams. I'm sure this guitar playin' Hello Kitty likes peanut butter too.

Peanut Butter Coffee Cake (Food Librarian)
The batter has flour, brown sugar, and peanut butter...and the topping is flour, brown sugar, peanut butter, chocolate chips and butter. Double peanut butter!

Peanut Butter Coffee Cake (Food Librarian)
I thought the cake is a little salty...it has both peanut butter and a bit of salt. I think I would drop the additional salt in the batter. Note: I don't use much salt in my diet so I'm more sensitive to the flavor, so this might not be true for you. Also, I used Skippy creamy peanut butter and this jar might have more salt than yours.

Overall, excellent reviews at the library. Everyone loves peanut butter and coffee cake...and you probably have all the ingredients in the house. Make it soon!

Recipe:
Peanut Butter Coffee Cake

37 comments:

  1. AudrieJuly 16, 2009 at 7:03 PM

    Oh my! I do believe I have to make this for my family! :D

    ReplyDelete
  2. StephJuly 16, 2009 at 7:53 PM

    That cake has the perfect crumb! Hello Kitty is so cute.

    ReplyDelete
  3. UnknownJuly 16, 2009 at 7:55 PM

    I love peanut butter - this coffee cake sounds awesome!! Cute Hello Kitty figure :)

    ReplyDelete
  4. Monica HJuly 16, 2009 at 8:58 PM

    My brother would love this slathered in more pb!

    ReplyDelete
  5. AnonymousJuly 16, 2009 at 10:23 PM

    DAHAHA Good thing I scrolled down to see the HK!

    I haven't had peanut butter in forever since the kids are allergic. But I am going to make some cookies next week...just for myself.

    ReplyDelete
  6. CristinaJuly 16, 2009 at 11:16 PM

    Beautiful beautiful beautiful, i love this cake
    cristina

    ReplyDelete
  7. Susan BromanJuly 16, 2009 at 11:57 PM

    So yummy. Oh, that reminds me - I'm out of peanut butter.

    ReplyDelete
  8. junkoJuly 17, 2009 at 12:09 AM

    yum! I'm making this tomorrow!!

    ReplyDelete
  9. SweetieJuly 17, 2009 at 3:30 AM

    everyone, including hello kitty, really does love pb + chocolate. imagine if you used pb chips too!? that might put the recipe over the top.

    ReplyDelete
  10. JenniferJuly 17, 2009 at 3:35 AM

    I would have loved to of been there too upon the creation of peanut butter... I cant go a day...many hours..without it! I love coffee cake, this sounds SO good!!

    ReplyDelete
  11. BethieJuly 17, 2009 at 4:04 AM

    Peanut Butter is my #1 food!! I might just have to make this, looks fab.

    ReplyDelete
  12. BethJuly 17, 2009 at 4:06 AM

    Beautiful! Can't wait to make this.

    ReplyDelete
  13. oneordinarydayJuly 17, 2009 at 4:39 AM

    And why shouldn't Hello Kitty love it?? This looks delicious. My family would be all over it, so I'm bookmarking it for one of these weekends when we're all together.
    ~Michelle

    ReplyDelete
  14. EileenJuly 17, 2009 at 7:34 AM

    OOh- I love peanut butter! Can't wait to try this.

    ReplyDelete
  15. PamelaJuly 17, 2009 at 7:50 AM

    Peanut Butter. Chocolate. Cake. What's not to like? Yummy.

    ReplyDelete
  16. AnonymousJuly 17, 2009 at 8:04 AM

    Now I'm jealous of Hello Kitty. Sigh, Racheal

    ReplyDelete
  17. MaryJuly 17, 2009 at 9:43 AM

    Oh Helly Kitty...how Kawaii :)....
    That coffee cake looks fabulous...when are we going to see the Food Librarian Coffee Cake Manual published?
    M

    ReplyDelete
  18. Hungry DogJuly 17, 2009 at 12:44 PM

    Looks awesome, especially with little hello kitty!

    ReplyDelete
  19. KerstinJuly 17, 2009 at 1:48 PM

    Wow, this looks amazing! I love that last picture and would like piece right now :)

    ReplyDelete
  20. Ingrid_3BsJuly 17, 2009 at 2:50 PM

    Looks GOOD! I'm not sure of double PB as I'm not a huge fan of it but perhaps I'll leave it out of the topping.
    ~ingrid

    ReplyDelete
  21. UnknownJuly 17, 2009 at 4:41 PM

    I want a Hello Kitty figurine!!

    ReplyDelete
  22. Madam ChowJuly 17, 2009 at 6:34 PM

    I'm pretty sensitive to salt, too, but I am a peanut fanatic. I try not to keep them in the house, and I ration the peanut butter or I'd go through a jar every couple of days. This cake looks fabulous!

    ReplyDelete
  23. NithyaJuly 17, 2009 at 7:37 PM

    Looks sooooooooo yummy.. :)

    ReplyDelete
  24. EsiJuly 17, 2009 at 8:32 PM

    I love the salty peanut, sweet chocolate combo. You just really can't go wrong with a great coffee cake. Have a great weekend!

    ReplyDelete
  25. Nutmeg NannyJuly 17, 2009 at 8:49 PM

    I agree peanut butter is the best! I can only imagine how great it would taste in a coffee cake:)

    ReplyDelete
  26. CucinistaJuly 18, 2009 at 4:37 AM

    Peanut butter makes everything better!

    ReplyDelete
  27. florenceJuly 18, 2009 at 9:30 AM

    pretty, pretty!:D

    ReplyDelete
  28. MeganJuly 18, 2009 at 1:33 PM

    I'm sensitive to salt too, so I'd probably leave it out.Otherwise, I'll take the whole cake - as is!

    ReplyDelete
  29. Jules SomeoneJuly 18, 2009 at 6:00 PM

    Trying to figure out how to rationalize making this. The rest of the baked stuff in the house is cookies.... so cake is ok!

    ReplyDelete
  30. AnonymousJuly 19, 2009 at 1:47 AM

    This is perfect! What's not to love?

    ReplyDelete
  31. ElianaJuly 19, 2009 at 9:45 AM

    This cake looks fantastic. The person who invested peanut butter is a freakin genius!

    ReplyDelete
  32. eatme_deliciousJuly 20, 2009 at 6:53 AM

    Haha love rocker hello kitty! And I know I must make this coffee cake! I love baked goods made with peanut butter, like muffins and scones.

    ReplyDelete
  33. KatrinaJuly 20, 2009 at 11:11 AM

    Looks fabulicious!

    ReplyDelete
  34. ethanAugust 25, 2011 at 7:09 PM

    this looks so good. we share a love for all things peanut butter

    ReplyDelete
  35. UnknownSeptember 18, 2013 at 6:56 PM

    Does anyone have this recipe??? Suite101.com is under construction!! I really want to make this recipe this weekend!

    ReplyDelete
  36. The Food LibrarianSeptember 19, 2013 at 7:50 AM

    @Starla Ordiway I don't have my notes, but I think it was this: http://suite101.com/a/PeanutButterCoffeeCake-a1752

    ReplyDelete
  37. UnknownSeptember 19, 2013 at 10:29 AM

    Thank you....Thank you.....Thank you!!! It does look like the same one....but when clicking on the link above...it doesn't work. I am SOOOO making these for tomorrow night ladies game night at church!!

    ReplyDelete