Easy Mouthwatering Carrot Cake with REESE'S Peanut Butter Chips
Details
- Timing
- Timing
- Total:
- Bake:
- 30 Min.
- Prep:
- 15 Min.
- Skill Level:
- Beginner
- Yields:
- 1 cake
Why bake a carrot cake when you can bake a carrot cake with REESE'S peanut butter chips? When you enhance your carrot cake recipe with these delectable peanut butter morsels, the result is moist, flavorful and incredibly delicious. Easter never tasted so good, and neither did family dessert or summertime picnics. Just add pineapple, walnuts and a few other easy ingredients to a boxed yellow cake mix and watch a would-be ordinary carrot cake recipe become so much more. Top your ultimate peanut butter infused carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and enjoy a slice of pure decadence.
Ingredients & Directions
- Prep Time
- 15 minutes
- Bake Time
- 30 minutes
- Cool Time
- 2 hours
BAKE MODE:
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Ingredients
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1 2/3 cupsREESE'S Peanut Butter Chips (10 oz pkg.), divided
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1 packageyellow cake mix (2 layer size)
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1 Tbspground cinnamon
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1/2 cupvegetable oil
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4eggs
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1 cancrushed pineapple packed in juice (8 oz), undrained
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2 cupsshredded carrot finely, (about 3 large carrots)
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3/4 cupcoarsely chopped walnuts
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cream cheese frosting (homemade or ready-to-spread)
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Directions
Equipment Needed
Baking Pan
Oven
Mixing Bowl
Mixer
Measuring Cups
Rubber Scraper
Wire Rack
Refrigerator
1
Heat oven to baking temperature given on cake package. Grease and flour 13 x 9 x 2-inch baking pan.
2
Stir together dry cake mix and cinnamon in large bowl. Add oil, eggs and undrained pineapple, stirring until well blended. Stir in carrot, 1 cup peanut butter chips and walnuts. Spread batter in prepared pan.
3
Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center of cake comes out almost clean. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Frost with Cream Cheese Frosting. Just before serving, garnish cake pieces with remaining peanut butter chips. Cover; refrigerate leftover cake.
Tip
If using bagged shredded carrots, chop into finer pieces before adding to cake batter.
Cream Cheese Frosting: Beat 1 package (3 oz) softened cream cheese and 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) softened butter until smooth. Gradually add 2 cups powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; beat until smooth. About 1-1/2 cups frosting.
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Nutrition FactsServings Per Container 12 servingsServing size 1 slice (160g)Amount per servingCalories630% Daily Value*Total Fat 35g 45%Saturated Fat 16g 80%Trans Fat 0gCholesterol 60mg 20%Sodium 400mg 17%Total Carbohydrates 67g 24%Dietary Fiber 1g 4%Total Sugars 48gIncludes 15g Added Sugar 30%Protein 11gVitamin D 0 0%Calcium 86mg 6%Iron 1mg 6%Potassium 93mg 2%
*The % Daily Value tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutritional advice.
