Reese's Peanut Butter Cake
This absolute beauty of a cake has three layers of peanut butter cake, peanut butter buttercream and is decorated with Reese’s Peanut Butter cups and Reese’s Pieces. It is the ultimate Reese's Peanut Butter Cake.
Servings: 16 Servings
Ingredients
For the Cake
- 400 g Light Brown Sugar
- 400 g Unsalted Butter or Stork
- 400 g Self-Raising Flour
- 8 Large Eggs
- 1 tsp Baking Powder
- 200 g Smooth Peanut Butter
- 50 ml Whole Milk
For the Buttercream
- 500 g Icing Sugar
- 250 g Unsalted Butter
- 100 g Smooth Peanut Butter
- 3-4 tbsp Whole Milk
For the Decoration
- Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
- Reese's Pieces
Instructions
To Make the Cake
- Preheat the oven to 170C (150C Fan). Line three 8” cake tins with greaseproof paper and leave to one side.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
- Add in the flour, eggs, baking powder, peanut butter and milk. Whisk until all combined.
- Pour the mixture into the individual cake tins and bake in the oven for 40-45 minutes. You will know they are ready when they are springy to touch.
- Leave them to cool in the cake tin for 15-20 minutes and then remove and put them on a wire rack to cool fully.
To Make the Buttercream and Decorate
- Once your cakes have cooled make the buttercream.
- In a bowl mix together the icing sugar, and butter until combined. The mixture will be quite thick add in the Peanut Butter and milk 1tbsp at a time until the buttercream is the desired consistency.
- Put your buttercream into the piping bag with your favourite nozzle.
- Place your first cake on your cake board or serving plate and pipe the buttercream on. Add your next cake on top and repeat until your cake is fully stacked.
- Decorate with Reese's Peanut Butter Cups and Reese's Pieces.