Simple Way to Prepare Homemade Peanut Butter Cup Cake

Peanut Butter Cup Cake.

Hey everyone, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I'm gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, peanut butter cup cake. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I'm gonna make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Peanut Butter Cup Cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It's enjoyed by millions every day. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They're nice and they look fantastic. Peanut Butter Cup Cake is something which I have loved my entire life.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have peanut butter cup cake using 18 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Peanut Butter Cup Cake:

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

Instructions to make Peanut Butter Cup Cake:

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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