Reese's Double Peanut Butter Layered Cake
 
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A 5-star recipe for Reese's Double Peanut Butter Layered Cake topped with peanut butter frosting, Reese's Pieces, and Reese's peanut butter cups! Great for any birthday or holiday party!
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Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: 1 cake
Ingredients
Cake:
  • ½ cup creamy peanut butter
  • ½ cup butter, softened to room temperature
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 box/package butter cake mix
  • ⅔ cup milk
Frosting:
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • ½ cup butter, softened
  • 4 cups confectioners' sugar
  • ⅓ cup heavy cream (may need a little more or less)
  • Reese's peanut butter cups and/or Reese's Pieces, for decorating, optional
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
  2. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
  3. Combine ½ cup peanut butter and ½ cup butter in the bowl of a stand mixer (or use a hand mixer) and cream until light and fluffy.
  4. Add in eggs, one at time, beating well after each.
  5. Add cake mix alternately with the milk. Mix until just combined . Pour batter into prepared pans.
  6. Bake at 325 degrees F for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean. Check at 25 minutes.
  7. Allow cakes to cool in pan for 10 minutes and then turn out onto a cooling rack to cool completely. Stack one cake on top of the other, putting a layer of frosting in between, and frost the top and sides with Peanut Butter Frosting once cake is completely cool.
Peanut Butter Frosting:
  1. Combine 1 cup peanut butter, and ½ cup butter and cream together until light and fluffy.
  2. Add the confectioner's sugar. Mix in enough cream to make the frosting of a spreading consistency. Apply to cool cake.
  3. Top with Reese's peanut butter cups and/or Reese's Pieces (optional).
Recipe by Wishes and Dishes at https://wishesndishes.com/reeses-double-peanut-butter-layered-cake/