North Carolina has recently been hit by a ton of snow. And while conventional Southern wisdom before any winter weather event says, "run to the store and buy up all of the bread, eggs, and milk," I avoid that like the plague.
I knew this storm was going to hit us hard, and GASP! I hadn't even gone to the store LAST week, but I surveyed what we had in the refrigerator and in the pantry and STILL decided that I wasn't setting foot in the grocery store. Seems more dangerous than black ice if you ask me. :-)
Anyhoot, when stuck in the house with an eight year old and a five year old for a couple of days in a row, you have to do something to entertain them between sledding and snowball fights, so I looked to see if I could find the ingredients to bake something yummy. (They like to bake.)
We had the ingredients for this recipe, and it is just in time for Valentine's Day - couldn't have been more perfect. Sweets for my sweets! I think you'll like it too.
Reese's Peanut Butter Cake
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
1 stick butter, softened
4 eggs
1, 16.5 oz package butter cake mix
2/3 cup water
Peanut Butter Fudge Frosting (recipe follows)
8 miniature Reese's Peanut Butter Cups, chopped coarsely
Hershey's Syrup for garnish
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Grease and flour two 9 inch round cake pans.
- Combine 1/2 cup peanut butter and 1 stick butter. Cream until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, mixing after each one. Add cake mix alternately with water. Mix until just combined.
- Spread batter into prepared pans.
- Bake at 325 degrees for 25-30 minutes or until cake tests done with toothpick.
- Allow cakes to cool for 10 minutes, then turn out onto cooling racks to cool completely. Frost with Peanut Butter Fudge Frosting (recipe follows) when cool.
- Top with chopped Reese's Peanut Butter Cups. Drizzle with Hershey's Syrup.
Peanut Butter Fudge Frosting
1 cup peanut butter
1 stick butter, softened
4 cups confectioner's sugar
2/3 cup milk (approximate)
- Combine 1 cup peanut butter and 1 stick butter. Cream until light and fluffy.
- Add confectioner's sugar alternately with milk. Mix until combined. Only add enough milk to ensure that frosting is of spreadable consistency.
- Apply to cool cake as per directions above.
Note: This recipe was originally written without the candy and syrup garnish, so if you have a friend or family member who is crazy for peanut butter (but not so much for chocolate), then leave those out and you'll have the perfect recipe for them.
If you're a fan of "doctored" cake mix cakes, make sure to check out these other Harris Sisters' recipes:
Triple Strawberry Cake
Confetti Cake with Buttercream Frosting
If you're a fan of "doctored" cake mix cakes, make sure to check out these other Harris Sisters' recipes:
Triple Strawberry Cake
Confetti Cake with Buttercream Frosting
No comments:
Post a Comment