How to Prepare Favorite Peanut Butter Cup Cake

Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a distinctive dish, peanut butter cup cake. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Peanut Butter Cup Cake is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They’re fine and they look fantastic. Peanut Butter Cup Cake is something that I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook peanut butter cup cake using 18 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Peanut Butter Cup Cake:

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