Peanut Butter Cup Cake. Fill the hole in the center with the peanut butter filling. Place the last cake layer on top. Set aside on wire rack and let cool before removing from pans. Peanut Butter Cup Cake

You can have Peanut Butter Cup Cake using 18 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Peanut Butter Cup Cake
  1. Prepare of Batter.
  2. It’s 2 cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips.
  3. Prepare 1 (16 oz) of package light brown sugar.
  4. You need 1/2 cup of butter, softened.
  5. Prepare 3 of large eggs.
  6. You need 2 cups of all-purpose flour.
  7. You need 1 teaspoon of baking soda.
  8. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
  9. It’s 1 (8 oz) of container sour cream.
  10. Prepare 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.
  11. Prepare 1 cup of hot water.
  12. Prepare of Peanut Butter Frosting.
  13. It’s 1 1/2 cups of butter, softened.
  14. Prepare 1 1/4 cups of creamy peanut butter.
  15. You need 4 cups of powdered sugar.
  16. It’s 1/4 cup of milk.
  17. Prepare 2 1/2 tablespoons of instant vanilla pudding mix.
  18. Prepare as needed of Reeses candy for decoration.

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Peanut Butter Cup Cake step by step

  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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