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chocolate cake on a white ceramic cake stand covered with halved mini Reeses peanut butter cup candy
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Cake Me Home Tonight (Chocolate and Peanut Butter Mousse Cake)

Chocolate and Peanut Butter Mousse Cake topped with Reese's mini cups
Prep Time1 hour
Active Time30 minutes
Total Time1 hour 30 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Cake with mini Reese's cups, Chocolate cake dessert, Peanut Butter and chocolate cake, Peanut Butter Mousse
Yield: 10
Author: Shea Humpter-Cousins

Materials

Cake- 2, 9-inch rounds

  • Your favorite chocolate cake mix Do not use 'Super Moist'
  • Ingredients required by the cake mix

Peanut Butter Mousse

  • ¾ cup Peanut Butter
  • 2 oz Softened cream cheese
  • ¼ cup Powdered Sugar
  • 2 Tbsp Marshmellow Fluff
  • ¼ cup Heavy Whipping Cream
  • ½ cup Sour Cream

Frosting

  • 1 tub Chocolate Frosting
  • 1 17.6 oz Family Pack Reese's Unwrapped Mini Peanut Butter Cups

Instructions

Cake

  • Use cooking spray and a dusting of flour to prepare cake pans
  • Bake 2 9-inch chocolate cakes as directed by the box instructions
  • Test each cake with a toothpick to ensure the cake centers are fully cooked, (if the toothpick comes out clean, your cake is done)
  • Allow the cakes to cool

Peanut Butter Mousse

  • Combine all Mousse ingredients until fully blended
  • Cover and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes

Cake topping

  • Carefully place 1st cake on the cake stand
  • Cover 1st cake with a thick coating of cooled mousse. Taper the mousse so that there is only a thin coat near the outer edge
  • Place 2nd round on top of the Peanut Butter Mousse
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  • Cover the cake in the Chocolate frosting. It doesn't have to be perfect since you are covering the icing in mini peanut butter cups
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  • Cut half of the Peanut Butter cups in half and half of the cups into quarters
  • Place them in all directions, all over the cake. If used wisely, there should be no issue with a 17.6 oz candy pack covering the cake
  • Refrigerate the cake until you are ready to serve
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