PEANUT BUTTER BUNDT CAKE

2 1/4 Cups flour

1 Cup brown sugar

1 Cup sugar

1 Cup peanut butter

1/2 Cup butter, softened

1 teaspoon baking powder

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 Cup milk

1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla

3 eggs

2 Cups semisweet chocolate chips

1/3 Cup peanut butter 

Directions: 

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 10 Cup non-stick bundt pan and set aside. 

For streusel cake: 

In large bowl, combine flour, brown sugar, sugar, 1 Cup peanut butter, and butter and mix at low speed until crumbly. 

Reserve one cup of this streusel mixture and set aside. Add remaining ingredients, except chocolate chips, to crumb mixture in mixing bowl. Blend at low speed until combined, then beat three minutes at medium speed. Pour half of batter into prepared pan. 

Stir 1 Cup chocolate chips into streusel mixture. Sprinkle streusel over batter in pan. Spoon and spread remaining batter over streusel mixture. 

Bake at 350 degrees for 55 to 66 minutes, until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in pan for 15 minutes, then loosen edges and turn pan onto serving plate. Cool completely, then frost as directed below. 

VARIATIONS: To make a Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake, combine combine all ingredients except chocolate chips and 1/3 Cup peanut butter in a large bowl and beat on low speed until combined. Then beat three minutes at medium speed. By hand, stir in chocolate chips. 

Spoon batter into pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 55 to 65 minutes until set, brown, and toothpick inserted in center comes out clean (except some chocolate might stick to the toothpick). Cool in pan for 10 minutes, then loosen edges and turn pan onto serving plate. Cool completely, then frost. 

Frosting: In small saucepan, melt 1 Cup chocolate chips with 1/3 Cup peanut butter. You can also melt these two ingredients in a small bowl in the microwave oven for 2 minutes, stirring until smooth. Spoon over cake.