Reese's Peanut Butter Cake
photo by Julie Bs Hive
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Yields:
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1 9 X 13 cake
- Serves:
- 12-18
ingredients
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CAKE
- 1 (18 1/2 ounce) box dark chocolate cake mix
- 1 1⁄3 cups water
- 1⁄2 cup vegetable oil
- 3 eggs
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FROSTING
- 1⁄2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 1⁄2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1⁄2 cup milk
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GANACHE
- 1 1⁄2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
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TOPPING
- 6 -8 Reese's Peanut Butter cups, chilled then chopped
directions
- Prepare cake according to directions for a 9X13 pan. Set aside to cool.
- For the frosting, mix peanut butter, powdered sugar and vanilla with mixer. Add small amounts of milk until desired consistency is achieved. You want a thinner consistency for easier cutting.
- Spread frosting evenly over cool cake. (Hint -- if cake is partially frozen, there is less “tearing” when spreading the frosting.).
- For the ganache, place the chocolate chips in a heat proof bowl. In a saucepan, whisk together the heavy cream and the vanilla and bring to a simmer over medium-high heat. Pour over the chocolate chips and let sit for 5 minutes. Whisk until completely smooth then pour over peanut butter frosting.
- Sprinkle the chopped peanut butter cups over the warm chocolate to ensure it sticks. Chill for about 30 minutes to set chocolate.
- As an alternative; you can also use a bundt cake pan. Double your peanut butter frosting ingredients. Fill the bundt pan halfway, add a thin layer of peanut butter frosting, then fill the remainder with the cake mix. Make the peanut butter frosting a little thinner so it “drips” better.
- Another idea would be to add the chopped peanut butter cups to the cake mix before baking.
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Reviews
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I love PB & chocolate, but for some reason those PB cups don't really do much for me! However, I made this cake for a friend of mine who is totally addicted to PB, chocolate AND those Reece's thingies, & he was elated at the IDEA AND THE TASTE of this cake, so who am I to quibble! Another time (& just for myself) I'd make this, using extra chunky PB, but leave out the PB cups! Definitely a keeper, Reece's or not! [Tagged, made & reviewed in New Kids on the Block tag]
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