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We made this delicious butter cake for our Dad’s birthday. It was a hit at the family party! We can guarantee your family will love it too. This cake is dense, rich, and loaded with Reese’s peanut butter cups! It’s absolutely heavenly!
Reese’s Chocolate Butter Cake Recipe
A delicious butter cake for all of you chocolate and peanut butter lovers!
Serving
Ingredients
- 15.25 ounces Devil's Food Cake Mix
- ½ cup butter melted
- 1 egg
- 12 peanut butter cups, (full size circle), cut into sixths
- 4 snack size butterfinger candy bars, coarsely chopped
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1 cup peanut butter (creamy)
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup butter, melted
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees for a generously greased 9 x 13 inch glass pan.
- Combine the cake mix, melted butter, and egg and mix until combined. Cover the bottom of the greased pan evenly with the cake mixture.
- Spread the peanut butter cups and butterfinger pieces over the cake mixture.
- Mix together the cream cheese, peanut butter and eggs and vanilla until well blended. Then add the butter.
- Then mix in the powdered sugar until well blended. Spread over the candy bar layer.
- Bake for about 55 minutes. It will puff up in the center and will drop a little after you remove it from the oven. Let cool.
- Mix chocolate chips and vegetable oil in a microwave safe dish and spread over the cooked cake when it's cooled.
Notes
- Refrigerate any leftovers
Nutrition
Calories: 327 kcal · Carbohydrates: 38 g · Protein: 6 g · Fat: 18 g · Saturated Fat: 8 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 43 mg · Sodium: 299 mg · Potassium: 173 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 29 g · Vitamin A: 267 IU · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 50 mg · Iron: 1 mg
Did You Make This Recipe?We’d love to hear your thoughts! Leave a review or a question in the comment section below the post.Recipe adapted from recipesfoodandcooking
I love Reese’s and I love cake… This recipe looks like sin 😛
This recipe looks absolutely sinful. I love everything about it! Can’t wait to give it a try!
xx, Caitlin
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This recipe is soo amazing!!!
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Wow these Cakes look great. I’m gonna try this recipe
Oops – I just drooled on my keyboard !
Are they more like a bar than cake, though ?
Reese’s cups is one of my favorite candy’s so this is a must try. I love that there is Butterfingers in it as well! Double win 🙂
Help! I’m in the middle of making this cake. So I mixed the cake mix, 1 egg and 1/2 cup melted butter but the batter is dry and thick. Was I supposed to follow directions on cake box in addition to adding the egg and butter? If not it doesn’t seem like it would mix very well….plz help ?
Hi Desiree. Mix the brownie mix, egg and melted butter together. Do not make as directed on cake box. I’m not sure what could have gone wrong. Was your cake mix 15.25 ounces? Our dough was thick but not dry.
It is more like a bar, but with a cake mix bottom!
I made this for my son’s birthday (he’s 32) and everyone loved it. I do want to point out that the vanilla extract is not in the directions. I added it with the cream cheese peanut butter mixture. I hope that’s where it goes. 🙂
Sorry about that Nancy. We adjusted the recipe on the blog! Thanks for letting us know and we are glad that it all turned out for your sons 32nd birthday!!
I just made this – it’s delicious! Question-does it have to be refrigerated?
Hi Stacy, this cake is fine to be left out for a few hours during dinner or a party. But I would refrigerate any leftovers. Cover with plastic wrap or foil or a pan with a cover.
Question…I made this – baked it the full 55 minutes but should it be a little gooey in the top layer? Or is this one you should do the toothpick test on & bake longer if needed? Granted I couldn’t wait for it to fully cool & still very warm LOL. Maybe I should’ve waited longer?
It should be set up pretty good after cooking. It will set up a little when cooling. You could always bake just a few minutes longer if needed when the middle doesn’t seem quite as done. I hope this helps. It is such a delicious cake.
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