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.

This chocolate peanut butter cake recipe is so delicious, you'll have your family begging for more! Peanut Butter Cup Cake- a fudgy and moist chocolate cake topped with a creamy peanut butter frosting and mini peanut butter cups. Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cake starts with a yummy chocolate boxed cake mix and topped with the most amazing Reese's peanut butter frosting! You can cook 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. You need 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. You need 3 of large eggs.
6. It's 2 cups of all-purpose flour.
7. It's 1 teaspoon of baking soda.
8. It's 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
9. It's 1 (8 oz) of container sour cream.
10. It's 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract.
11. Prepare 1 cup of hot water.
12. Prepare of Peanut Butter Frosting.
13. Prepare 1 1/2 cups of butter, softened.
14. Prepare 1 1/4 cups of creamy peanut butter.
15. Prepare 4 cups of powdered sugar.
16. Prepare 1/4 cup of milk.
17. You need 2 1/2 tablespoons of instant vanilla pudding mix.
18. Prepare as needed of Reeses candy for decoration.

CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH PEANUT BUTTER FROSTING This Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cake was inspired by a recent visit to a local country restaurant. In a large bowl, mix together the brown sugar, shortening and peanut butter until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the vanilla. Combine the flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt; stir into the batter alternately with the milk.

Peanut Butter Cup Cake instructions

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!.

Spoon into the prepared muffin cups. Place the final cake layer on top face-down. Peanut butter cup cake roll is the perfect cake for peanut butter and chocolate lovers. This easy cake roll recipe is rich chocolate cake filled with creamy peanut butter filling. It's topped with chocolate ganache and covered in peanut butter cups!