Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cake

 

YES IT IS AS GOOD AS IT SOUNDS!

 

It is a very sweet cake

 

1 - 18.25 ounce chocolate cake mix

 

Heat oven to directions on box -

 

Make cake mix according to package directions for a 2 layer cake

 

Cool completely

 

Frosting:

 

1 1/3 pounds sifted powdered sugar

 

1 tsp vanilla

 

4-8 Tbsp Milk - depending on your liking for spreading consistency

 

2 Tbsp Crisco

 

1/3-1/2 c creamy peanut butter

 

6 Reese's Peanut Butter Cups - chopped into chunks

 

Beat sugar, vanilla, crisco, milk and peanut butter until it reaches desired consistency. Frost bottom layer and sprinkle with chopped candy - add top layer and frost top and sides - sprinkle with chopped candy.

 

Frosting consistency depends on personal taste - you can add more milk or less

This will satisfy your sweet tooth!

 

The original recipe called for 2 pounds of powdered sugar - but that made way too much frosting - so i cut it down by a third and I had plenty of frosting for the cake. I did not cut my layers in half as I felt the cake was already plenty sweet!