{"id":4841,"date":"2014-02-08T04:11:44","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T04:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.com\/?p=4841"},"modified":"2015-12-09T03:06:14","modified_gmt":"2015-12-09T03:06:14","slug":"chocolate-peanut-butter-cake-reeses-cake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4841","title":{"rendered":"Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake: Reeses Cake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This cake is a chocolate peanut butter lovers dream. \u00a0If you need more convincing than that, feel free to keep on reading, but if you&#8217;re sold, just skip to the recipe and video!<\/p>\n<p>Peanut butter is something that I cannot live without.\u00a0 I have it for breakfast, I have it for a snack with celery, I have it on my frozen yogurt.\u00a0 I love it.\u00a0 If I suddenly woke up one day with a peanut allergy.\u00a0 I would be crushed!\u00a0 My school is a peanut free facility, and thankfully for parents there are lots of peanut-free peanut butters.\u00a0 Um, what?\u00a0 Peanut butter sans peanuts.\u00a0 I&#8217;m glad I&#8217;m not five and having to eat that!\u00a0 I can&#8217;t imagine that it tastes very good . . . maybe I&#8217;ll just have to ask one of my kids if I can have a bite of their sandwich and try it.\u00a0 Hahahahahaha.\u00a0 I wouldn&#8217;t, don&#8217;t worry.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I can remember loving Reece&#8217;s Peanut Butter cups as a child but now, I don&#8217;t really care for them because I&#8217;ve had many peanut butter and chocolate themed desserts that are better.\u00a0 We&#8217;re talking buckeyes, mousse cups, fudge, cookies, brownies, pies!\u00a0 So many choices.\u00a0 When I set out to make this recipe, I wanted it to be completely over the top, encompassing all of my favourite aspects of each of these peanut butter chocolate recipes.\u00a0 I wanted the peanut butter flavour to be light, fluffy, inside and outside of the cake.\u00a0 I wanted it to be dripping chocolate!\u00a0 I wanted it to be pretty and I wanted it to be tasty.\u00a0 I definitely achieved my goals with this cake!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x42il_82JEA\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: medium;\"><strong>Chocolate Peanut Butter Cup Cake<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Peanut Butter Mousse<\/strong><br \/>8 oz cream cheese (230g)<br \/>3\/4 cup icing sugar (75g)<br \/>1 cup peanut butter (240mL)<br \/>2 teaspoons vanilla extract (10mL)\u00a0 <br \/>1 cup whipping cream (240mL) <br \/>pinch of salt<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_2001blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4869\" title=\"Reeses Cake\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_2001blog.jpg\" alt=\"Reeses Cake\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_2001blog.jpg 800w, http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_2001blog-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Chocolate Peanut Butter Ganache<\/strong><br \/>12 oz semi-sweet chocolate (340g)<br \/>1 cup whipping cream (240mL)<br \/>2 tablespoons peanut butter (30mL)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>2 x 8&#8243; Chocolate Cake <br \/>Reece&#8217;s Peanut Butter Cups halved and quartered<br \/>chopped peanuts<br \/>chocolate chips<br \/>peanut butter chips<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_1990blog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4870\" title=\"Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake\" src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_1990blog.jpg\" alt=\"Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake\" width=\"599\" height=\"399\" srcset=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_1990blog.jpg 800w, http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/DSC_1990blog-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 599px) 100vw, 599px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Procedure:<\/strong><br \/>Bake and cool two 8&#8243; round chocolate cakes. \u00a0<br \/>Begin by making the chocolate peanut butter ganache as it needs time to cool slightly.\u00a0 Bring whipping cream close to a boil either in the microwave or on the stove.\u00a0 Remove from heat and add chocolate and peanut butter.\u00a0 Allow to sit for a couple of minutes, and then stir until the mixture comes together smoothly.<br \/>For the peanut butter mousse, the first step is to cream the cream cheese and icing sugar together until smooth.\u00a0 Add the peanut butter, and vanilla and again, cream until smooth.\u00a0 Set aside.\u00a0 In a seperate bowl, whip whipping cream until soft peaks form.\u00a0 Gently fold the whipping cream into the peanut butter mixture until no white streaks remain.\u00a0 Use this to fill and cover the cake. <br \/>To assembly the cake, cover in peanut butter mousse. If desired, place quartered peanut butter cups in the filling between the two cake layers. Once mousse is smoothed onto the cake, pour a 1\/4 cup of the ganache in the center of the cake, and using the back of a spoon, gently work the ganache to the edge of the cake.\u00a0 Continue to add ganache in the center of the cake until the chocolate reaches the edge and flows over the sides. Put as little or as much on as you&#8217;d like!\u00a0\u00a0 Place halves and quarters of peanut butter cups along the bottom border of the cake.\u00a0 On the top of the cake, place halves of the cups in a circular shape and fill center with both chips, peanuts and quartered cups.<\/p>\n<p>When I was practicing and developing this cake, I tried to make it as indulging as possible. \u00a0I&#8217;m hoping I get more rude comments about how &#8220;<em>disgusting the amount of calories must be<\/em>&#8221; and it\u00a0<em>&#8220;must explain the obese epidemic in the USA<\/em>&#8220;.\u00a0 People have serious written that as comments on our videos, but what I have to say to them is . . . Obviously some of my viewers are confused.\u00a0 I&#8217;m Canadian. \u00a0How can I cause your American obesity epidemic? \u00a0Word to the wise, do your research before you insult someone \u00a0as it makes you look really stupid.<\/p>\n<div class=\"addtoany_share_save_container\"><div class=\"a2a_kit a2a_target addtoany_list\" id=\"wpa2a_1\"><a class=\"a2a_button_facebook_like addtoany_special_service\" data-href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4841\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_twitter_tweet addtoany_special_service\" data-count=\"none\" data-url=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4841\" data-text=\"Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake: Reeses Cake\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_google_plusone addtoany_special_service\" data-annotation=\"none\" data-href=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/?p=4841\"><\/a><a class=\"a2a_button_pinterest\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/add_to\/pinterest?linkurl=http%3A%2F%2Fcookiescupcakesandcardio.co%2F%3Fp%3D4841&amp;linkname=Chocolate%20Peanut%20Butter%20Cake%3A%20Reeses%20Cake\" title=\"Pinterest\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/icons\/pinterest.png\" width=\"16\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Pinterest\"\/><\/a><a class=\"a2a_dd addtoany_share_save\" href=\"http:\/\/www.addtoany.com\/share_save\"><img src=\"http:\/\/cookiescupcakesandcardio.co\/wp-content\/plugins\/add-to-any\/share_save_171_16.png\" width=\"171\" height=\"16\" alt=\"Share\"\/><\/a><\/div>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\nwpa2a.script_load();\n\/\/--><\/script>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This cake is a chocolate peanut butter lovers dream. \u00a0If you need more convincing than that, feel free to keep on reading, but if you&#8217;re sold, just skip to the recipe and video! 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