Peanut Butter Chocolate Cake

Another new recipe that I tried from the Budget Suppers cookbook. It was really good!

2 1/4 cups flour

11/2 cups sugar

1/3 cup cocoa

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 cup water

1/2 cup vegetable oil

4 1/2 tsp vinegar

1 1/2 tsp vanilla

Peanut Butter Batter:

4 oz cream cheese (1/2 package)

1/4 cup peanut butter

1/3 cup sugar (or icing sugar)

1 egg

1/8 tsp salt

1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips

*optional* 1/2 cup pecans

*optional* 1 Tbsp sugar

Combine first 5 ingredients together (dry ingredients) in a large bowl. 

Stir in next 4 ingredients (wet ingredients) and mix well.

Pour into a greased baking pan (13x9).

In a bowl, beat the first 5 ingredients of the peanut butter batter together. 

Stir in chocolate chips.

Drop by tablespoonfuls in cake batter.

Cut through the cake batter with a knife to swirl the peanut butter mix.

Sprinkle top with pecans and 1 Tbsp of sugar.

Bake at 350 for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool before cutting.