This Reese's Peanut Butter Cake is definitely a decadent cake perfect for any party! It's made with creamy peanut butter, vanilla cake mix, and Reese's chocolates. Easy to bake, easy to frost, and easy to decorate. This cake is such a winner!
Tips and Tricks for Making This Reese's Peanut Butter Cake Recipe:
- For a delicious textured frosting, you can mix in peanut butter chips and frost!
- When making or mixing the peanut butter frosting, it is best to use a stand mixer since it is a creamy frosting and might be a bit hard to mix when using a wire whip or handheld mixer.
- Cool the cake completely before slicing it horizontally. It will prevent the cake from breaking and crumbling.
How to Make this Reese's Peanut Butter Cake Recipe:
Here is a quick look at the ingredients for Reese's Peanut Butter Cake:
- creamy peanut butter
- softened butter, unsalted
- eggs
- vanilla cake mix
- water
- peanut butter
- powdered sugar
- milk
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease two 9 inch round cake pans.
In a large bowl, combine peanut butter, butter, and cream until light and fluffy:
Add eggs and mix:
Alternately add cake mix and water until combined:
Mix well until the cake batter looks like this:
Pour batter into the cake pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean:
To make the frosting, in a stand mixer combine 1 cup of peanut butter and butter and cream until light and fluffy. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk until you get the frosting consistency you want:
After cooling the cake completely, you can slice the cake horizontally and put the peanut butter frosting in each layer:
After filling the cake, frost the cake with the rest of the peanut butter frosting, like so:
This is my favorite part! Decorating this decadent cake with Reese's chocolates!
Frequently Asked Questions for the Reese's Peanut Butter Cake Recipe:
Q: Can I make this cake with a different cake mix?
A: Yes sure you can. You can use other variants of cake mixes.
Q: What other frostings can be used for this cake?
A: This Reese's Peanut Butter Cake can be frosted with chocolate ganache and other decadent frostings.
Q: Can I make this recipe into cupcakes instead?
A: Yes for sure. Just use cupcake pans instead of the usual cake pan.
Looking for more chocolate cake recipes? Try these:
Reese's Peanut Butter Cake
Ingredients
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup butter softened
- 4 eggs
- 1 package vanilla cake mix
- ⅔ cup water
- 1 cup peanut butter
- ½ cup butter softened
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- ⅓ milk
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Grease two 9 inch round cake pans.
- In a large bowl, combine peanut butter, butter and cream until light and fluffy. Add eggs and mix. Alternately add cake mix and water until combined.
- Pour batter into cake pan and bake for 25-30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
- To make frosting, in a stand mixer combine 1 cup peanut butter and butter and cream until light and fluffy. Alternately add powdered sugar and milk until you get the frosting consistency you want.
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Glendale says
Awesome recipe! Yumminess and goodness in one!
Lainey says
Thank you so much Glendale!
diane says
Anyone know the temperature to bake this on the written part at the beginning it says bake it 325 and then there’s a picture at the bottom that says bake at 350