Chocolate Peanut Butter Swirl Cake

Description
This recipe came from an estate sale. I obtained it when I purchased the family collection from the Howell Estate in Canton, Texas in 1981.
 * Contributed by Catsrecipes Y-Group

Ingredients

 * 2¼ cups all purpose flour sifted
 * 1½ cups sugar
 * ⅓ cup cocoa
 * 1½ teaspoons baking soda
 * ½ teaspoon salt
 * 1½ cups water
 * ½ cup vegetable oil
 * 4½ teaspoons white vinegar
 * 1½ teaspoons vanilla extract

Peanut butter batter

 * 4 ounces softened cream cheese
 * ¼ cup creamy peanut butter
 * ¼ teaspoon peanut butter flavoring
 * ⅓ cup sugar
 * 1 egg
 * ⅛ teaspoon salt
 * ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips
 * ½ cup pecans chopped
 * 1 tablespoon sugar

Directions

 * 1) Combine dry ingredients then stir in oil, water, vinegar and vanilla and mix well.
 * 2) When well-mixed pour into greased rectangular baking pan.
 * 3) Beat cream cheese, peanut butter, flavoring, sugar, egg and salt until smooth then stir in chocolate chips and drop by tablespoons over cake batter and cut through batter with a knife to swirl.
 * 4) Sprinkle with pecans and remaining sugar then bake at 350°F for about 30 minutes.
 * 5) Cool before cutting.
 * 6) Refrigerate any leftovers.