This towering Peanut Butter Cup Cake is layers upon layers of deliciousness!  It starts with a box mix chocolate cake (tasty, easy and no one will know the difference with all the other deliciousness happening) that gets the full peanut butter cup treatment.

A decadent and rich peanut butter filling studded with chopped peanut butter cups sets the stage—just try resisting a taste test or two! And then a light and fluffy peanut butter frosting is the perfect complement to the dense filling. Top it all off with as many peanut butter cups as a cake can hold and you’re in store for one ridiculously delicious cake!

 

Ingredients

For the Cake:

1 box chocolate cake mix (I used devils food cake)

Ingredients listed on cake box

FILLING:

1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

1 cup heavy cream

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

1/2 cup Reese’s peanut butter cups, roughly chopped

FROSTING:

1/2 cup creamy peanut butter

1/2 cup butter, at room temperature

2 tsp vanilla extract

2 cups powdered sugar
Instructions

Prepare cake mix according to package directions.  Pour batter into two 9 inch greased and floured round cake pans.  Bake according to package directions.  Let cool for 10 minutes in cake pan, then run a knife around the edges and transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.

While the cake is cooling, prepare the filling.

Heat the cream until it just begins to boil. Pour it over the chocolate in a medium bowl. Whisk together until the chocolate is melted and it is combined. Then Whisk in the peanut butter until it’s all incorporated and smooth. Set aside 1/4 of the filling. Cool the other 3/4 completely, then gently stir in the peanut butter cups.

When cake and filling are cooled, spread the filling with the peanut butter cups in it on top of one of the cakes.  Place the other cake on top of the filling.  Using the reserved filling (without the peanut butter cups) spread a thin layer on the entire outside of the cake.  Place in the fridge until the fudge is set and firm to the touch.

Now prepare the frosting.

Cream together the butter and peanut butter. Add the vanilla, then the sugar and beat until fluffy.

Spread the peanut butter frosting over the whole cake. Decorate with peanut butter cups.

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Quick tip: To decorate the whole cake with peanut butter cups as shown you’ll need just under two small bags of the miniature cups.

Recipe and image courtesy of Double The Deliciousness.