Hi Everybody, so first off, a little bit of exciting news. If you haven't been able to tell by my main picture, I am a pretty heavy girl. I weighed 315 pounds when that picture was taken. Back in September, I made the decision to have a sleeve gastrectomy and after 6 months of visits with a nutritionist and surgeon, 2 weeks of extreme dieting and many, many protein shakes, I am proud to say that I am down to 285 pounds and will be having surgery early tomorrow morning. So what does that mean to you? Not a whole lot. I still plan on posting my yummy recipes fairly regularly, but I won't be eating as much of them as I used you. You can also expect to see the occasional healthy recipe on here.
So onto the deliciousness. The Hubby recently celebrated his 50th birthday, and one thing about my husband is that he LOVES his peanut butter cups. This is why when it came to birthday cake time, the girlies INSISTED that we make him a chocolate peanut butter cake decorated with peanut butter cups.
To start off, I used one box of Betty Crocker Devils Food cake mix and made it according to the box directions. I split the cake mix into three foil pans (Only $.88 at Walmart, score!) and baked them for about 20 minutes. Normally I would show this process, but the best part of any cake is the frosting and toppings, so I thought I would focus on that instead.
So you will need, powdered sugar, creamy and smooth peanut butter, margarine, fat free half and half, magic shell and peanut butter cups of differing sizes. For this cake I used Reeses Big Cups, Reeses Origninal, Reeses Fun Size, and Reeses Minis. You will also need a bowl, a mixer (or really strong arms) a spatula or frosting knife, and a big flat plate, I got a pizza pan at Walmart for $.88 and used that. It worked perfectly!
First things first, mix the margarine and peanut butter together until light and fluffy.
Add your powdered sugar and mix. Then add your half & half one tablespoon at a time until the frosting reaches the desired consistency.
Now for the fun part, frosting your cake. First place a dollop of frosting in the middle of your plate. This will stabilize the cake as you are frosting it.
Place your first layer on the plate and frost it.
Repeat with the next two layers.
Frost up the sides and make sure you get good coverage.
Once the cake is frosted, grab your Magic Shell and drizzle over the cake.
For the peanut butter cup cake, I just stacked the different candies and glued them together with extra frosting.
Decorate with extra peanut butter cups (and birthday candles!)
Needless to say, the birthday boy had a great day!
Here is the recipe
1 box Betty Crocker Devil's Food Cake Mix prepared according to package directions, split in between 3 cake pans.
1 c Margarine
1 c Creamy Peanut Butter
1 c Chunky Peanut Butter
6 tbsp fat free half & half (as needed)
4 c powdered sugar
Magic Shell Ice Cream Topping
Reeses Peanut Butter Cups of various sizes
1. Beat margarine and peanut butter together until light and fluffy.
2. Mix in powdered sugar.
3. Add half & half one tablespoon at a time until frosting is desired consistency.
4. Stack and frost cake as desired.
5. Decorate cake with peanut butter cups, sprinkles, and candles as desired!
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