Peanut Butter Cup Cake

Name: Peanut Butter Cup Cake
Total time: 2400 s
Yield: 18 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips; 1 (16 oz) package light brown sugar; 1/2 cup butter, softened; 3 large eggs; 2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 (8 oz) container sour cream; 2 teaspoons vanilla extract; 1 cup hot water; 1 1/2 cups butter, softened; 1 1/4 cups creamy peanut butter; 4 cups powdered sugar; 1/4 cup milk; 2 1/2 tablespoons instant vanilla pudding mix; as needed Reeses candy for decoration

Angelica @ZombieCandy

Ohio

All from scratch, very simple and incredibly moist and flavorful!! Recipe from Spicy Southern Kitchen.

Peanut Butter Cup Cake

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Angelica @ZombieCandy

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All from scratch, very simple and incredibly moist and flavorful!! Recipe from Spicy Southern Kitchen.

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Ingredients

40 mins

18 servings

Batter
2 cupssemi-sweet chocolate chips
1 (16 oz)package light brown sugar
1/2 cupbutter, softened
3large eggs
2 cupsall-purpose flour
1 teaspoonbaking soda
1/2 teaspoonsalt
1 (8 oz)container sour cream
2 teaspoonsvanilla extract
1 cuphot water
Peanut Butter Frosting
1 1/2 cupsbutter, softened
1 1/4 cupscreamy peanut butter
4 cupspowdered sugar
1/4 cupmilk
2 1/2 tablespoonsinstant vanilla pudding mix
as neededReeses candy for decoration

Cooking Instructions

40 mins

1

Spray a pan with baking spray. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2

Melt chocolate chips. (Microwave at 30 second intervals until melted, stir). Set aside.
3

Using an electric mixer. beat butter and brown sugar at medium speed for 5 minutes.
4

Beat in eggs one at a time
5

Beat in melted chocolate just until combined
6

Whisk together flour, baking soda. and salt
7

Add flour, alternating with sour cream, beginning and ending with flour mixture
8

Beat in vanilla extract
9

With mixer on low speed, gradually add in hot water (it will look watery)
10

Divide cake batter evenly into 3 cake pans
11

Bake for 20-25 minutes or until cake is firm when gently pressed on top. Let cool for 10 mins then remove from pans to cool completely.
12

To make frosting: Beat butter and peanut butter until smooth and creamy
13

Beat in half the powdered sugar and half the milk
14

Beat in remaining powdered sugar. remaining milk, instant pudding mix
15

Place one cake layer on a cake stand or serving platter. Spread frosting on top, layer another cake, frost, layer last cake and frost. I reserved 3/4 cup of frosting to decorate.
16

Decorate with Reeses candy!

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Angelica @ZombieCandy

on August 19, 2020 00:14

Ohio

Certified Pasta Lover! 😍🍝 I'm Latina & Hubby is a dessert lover so expect either mexican, pasta or dessert recipes. ❤ **Update - We have been incorporating clean/healthy eating habits and the new recipes I post will reflect that. I will leave my old recipes up for all to enjoy**

Michelle Lilly Odom @michelle1971

August 28, 2020 18:20

Hi there. We made this with rave reviews. People actually took it home which made me very proud. But the butter ratio was kind of odd. We decided to put the cup and a half of butter in the cake before we realized that perhaps we should have reserved one stick for the frosting. We googled some other peanut butter frosting recipes though and added butter and milk until it was creamy. It all worked out, but next time I think we will put one cup of butter in the cake and half a cup in the frosting. This is a delicious recipe. I suggested to Darrell that we could also crush peanut brittle on top.