DS would like me to make a cake for his party Friday night that is basically a chocolate cake with some kind of peanut-butter filling...we thought we could decorate it with mini reese cups and reese pieces...does anyone have a recipe for something like this, or should I just "make it up as I go"?

By Tonya on Monday, January 7, 2002 - 03:17 pm:

I say just make it up as you go it is more fun that way.

By Lisa_M on Monday, January 7, 2002 - 03:25 pm:

Not sure if this is what you want but found it doing a web search:

Romano's Reese's Peanut Butter Cake

3/4 c Unsalted butter
3/4 c Creamy style peanut butter
2 c Packed brown sugar
3 Eggs
2 c Unsifted all purpose flour
1 tb Baking powder
1/2 ts Salt
1 c Milk
1 ts Vanilla
Peanut Butter Filling:
1 c Cream cheese, softened
1/2 c Creamy style peanut butter
Chocolate Glaze:
1/2 c Water
4 tb Unsalted butter
1/2 c Cocoa
1 c Unsifted powdered sugar
1 ts Vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 9" cake pans.

In large mixing bowl, cream butter and peanut butter until light and
fluffy. Add brown sugar. Mix to blend. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing
well after each addition.

In small bowl, combine flour, baking powder and salt. Add flour mixture to
butter and peanut butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning and
ending with flour mixture. Add vanilla.

Pour batter into pans. Bake until cake tests done, about 45 minutes. Cool
on wire rack to room temperature before frosting the cake.

Spread half of Peanut Butter Filling over tops of each cake. Chill.

Spread half of warm Chocolate Glaze over peanut butter topping on each
cake, using metal spatula dipped in hot water. As glaze cools, it will
thicken.

Peanut Butter Filling: Cream ingredients together until light and fluffy.

Chocolate Glaze: Place water and butter in small saucepan. Bring to boil.
Add cocoa, sugar and vanilla to water mixture. Mix until smooth.

NOTE: This recipe will make two 9 inch cakes or one stacked layer cake. If
making the stacked layer cake, the Peanut Butter Filling should be put
between the layers and on top of the cake before topping it with the
Chocolate Glaze.

Source: San Antonio Express News

By Lisa_M on Monday, January 7, 2002 - 03:39 pm:

Here's 2 more -- both different from the other one posted.

Reese's Peanut Butter Cake #1

1/4 c. butter or margarine
1/4 c. cocoa
1 c. water
1 t. soda
1/2 c. buttermilk
2 eggs, slightly beaten
2 c. sugar
2 c. flour
1 t. vanilla

Mix water, butter and cocoa. Cook in saucepan, stirring until it bubbles. In a
large mixing bowl, mix sugar, flour and soda. Add the above misture along with
the eggs and buttermilk. Pour into a 9x13 pan sprayed with Pam. Bake at 350 for
25 minutes or until done.

Add 1 cup creamy peanut butter, 1-1/2 T. oil. Mix well and spread on cooled
cake. Mix 1/2 c. cocoa, 1/2 c. butter and 6 T. buttermilk. Bring the mixture to
a boil, pour over 1 box of confectioner's sugar. Beat until smooth. Add 1 t.
vanilla. Spread on cake. Refrigerate.


Reese's Peanut Butter Cake #2

2 stickes butter, melted
1 box confectioners sugar
2 c. graham cracker crumbs
1 c. peanut butter

Mix together with mixer and pat into long glass dish.

TOPPING:
1 stick butter
4 T. cocoa
4 T. milk
1 box confectioners sugar
1 t. vanilla

Melt butter. Add remaining ingredients. Spread over peanut butter; store in air-
tight pan or container. Do NOT refrigerate.