Peanut Butter Cup Heart Valentine Cake
Details
- Time
- 2 hours 45 minutes
- Skill Level
- Beginner
- Yields
- 1 cake
Nothing says Valentine's Day like a heart. This chocolate cake recipe says it with REESE'S Peanut Butter Cup Miniatures. A quick pink frosting and a peanut butter heart make this an easy Valentine's Day dessert idea they'll love.
Ingredients & Directions
- Prep Time
- 35 minutes
- Bake Time
- 34 minutes
- Cool Time
- 1 hour 30 minutes
Ingredients
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2 cups
sugar
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1-3/4 cups
all-purpose flour
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3/4 cup
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1-1/2 tsps
baking powder
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1-1/2 tsps
baking soda
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1 tsp
salt
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2
eggs
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1 cup
milk
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1/2 cup
vegetable oil
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2 tsps
vanilla extract
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1 cup
boiling water
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2 cans
vanilla ready-to-spread frosting or about 3 cups of your favorite homemade vanilla frosting (16 oz each)
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red food color
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1-1/3 cups
REESE'S Peanut Butter Cup Miniatures (8 oz pkg.)
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Directions
Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans.
Stir together sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in large bowl. Add eggs, milk, oil and vanilla; beat on medium speed of mixer 2 minutes. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin). Pour batter into prepared pans.
Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pans to wire rack. Cool completely.
Tint frosting to desired shade of pink with several drops red food color. Frost cake.
Cut desired size heart from wax paper. Lightly place on surface of cake (do not press into cake); use edge of knife or toothpick to outline heart onto frosted cake surface. Remove paper. Place mini peanut butter cups on cake following heart outline.
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Nutrition FactsServings Per Container 12 servingsServing size 1 slice (201g)Amount per servingCalories660% Daily Value*Total Fat 28g 36%Saturated Fat 10g 50%Trans Fat 0gCholesterol 40mg 13%Sodium 640mg 28%Total Carbohydrates 104g 38%Dietary Fiber 1g 4%Total Sugars 83gIncludes 81g Added Sugar 162%Protein 6gVitamin D 0 0%Calcium 60mg 4%Iron 3mg 15%Potassium 112mg 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.
