Hey Amy!

My 85-year-old grandmother whom I call Nany knows everything.  She is thee most humble person I have ever met so she would dispute this fact but I know in my heart and mind she knows everything.  Anytime I need something, Nany has the solution, knowledge, instinct.  I hope to share some of the lessons she has taught me, knowledge she has given me, and recipes she has shared with me as we travel along this journey.  Each time you see this picture of Nany in the garden as a young woman, I hope you recognize that the post is a “Nany Knows” piece.

I will begin with my favorite sweet treat Nany makes for me when I travel home–Angel Food Cake with Peanut Butter Frosting.  Now I know what you are thinking.  So what on the angel food.  Everyone makes that.  Well Nany’s secret is the homemade peanut butter frosting.  It is sweet, rich and decadent.  I could just take a spoon to the frosting.  Nany utilizes the oldest rule in baking cakes/cupcakes.  Only one of the two (frosting or cake) can be super sweet.  In this case, the light angel food cake balances the rich frosting….and vice versa.  Nany Knows.

Ingredients:

1 box Duncan Hines Angel Food Cake mix (prepared as directed on box and cooled)
1 box 10x sugar
1 lump butter (size of a walnut)
1 tsp. vanilla
1 lump Crisco (size of a walnut)
just enough milk to make the frosting spreadable
1/2 pint of peanut butter

Mix all sugar, butter, vanilla,  and Crisco at a medium speed.  Add the peanut butter and mix very well.  Then add milk a tiny bit at a time while the mixer is at a low speed until you reach the spreadable consistency.  Either spread on the angel food cake or get a spoon and go at it!

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