The Best Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cake Recipe
 
Ingredients
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 2 cups creamy peanut butter
  • 10 tbs. room temperature, unsalted butter
  • 1¼ tsp. pure vanilla extract (don't use imitation!)
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • ⅔ cup heavy cream
  • 1 bag of Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Instructions
  1. Using the Moist Chocolate cake recipe from above, bake the cake and let it cool.
  2. While the cakes are cooling, make the frosting by combining the powdered sugar, peanut butter, butter, vanilla, and salt in a bowl and beat on medium low until creamy. Use the paddle attachment if you have one, but you don't have to.
  3. Add the heavy cream and beat on high until smooth.
  4. Before frosting the cake, put the miniature Reese's peanut butter cups in the freezer or refrigerator.
  5. Frost the cake.
  6. Remove the miniature Reese's peanut butter cups and chop/halve them and decorate the cake as desired.
Recipe by Katie Talks Carolina at http://katietalkscarolina.com/best-reeses-peanut-butter-cup-cake-recipe/