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Peanut-Caramel-Candy Bar Cake

With little effort, you can make this decadent restaurant-style dessert at home!
Prep Time: 15 min
Total Time: 4 hours 5 min
Makes: 12 servings
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1/2cup butter or margarine
1/4cup whipping cream
1cup packed brown sugar
1/2cup peanuts, coarsely chopped
1box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® devil's food or dark chocolate cake mix
Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
4bars (2.07 oz each) chocolate-covered peanut, caramel and nougat candy, coarsely chopped
1container Betty Crocker® Whipped Fluffy white or whipped cream frosting
1.Heat oven to 325°F. In heavy 1 1/2-quart saucepan, heat butter, whipping cream and brown sugar over low heat, stirring occasionally, just until butter is melted. Pour into 2 ungreased 9-inch round pans. Sprinkle evenly with peanuts.
2.Make cake batter as directed on box. Carefully spoon batter into pans.
3.Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around sides of pans to loosen cakes; remove from pans to cooling rack, placing cakes peanut sides up. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
4.Gently stir candy into frosting. Place 1 cake layer, peanut side up, on serving plate. Spread with half of the frosting mixture. Top with second layer. Spread top with remaining frosting mixture. Cover and refrigerate at least 2 hours but no longer than 24 hours.
High Altitude (3500-6500 ft): Heat oven to 350°F. Heat butter, whipping cream and brown sugar over medium-low heat. Remove cakes from pans immediately upon removal from oven.
Make the Most of This Recipe
Special Touch
For an extra-special treat, serve each piece with a generous drizzle of chocolate syrup.
Variation
Get your creative juices flowing, and invent your own versions of this divine dessert. How about using almonds instead of the peanuts and chocolate-covered almond and coconut bars instead of the peanut candy?

Nutrition Information:

1 Serving: Calories 690 (Calories from Fat 330); Total Fat 36g (Saturated Fat 14g, Trans Fat 3g); Cholesterol 80mg; Sodium 510mg; Total Carbohydrate 84g (Dietary Fiber 2g, Sugars 65g); Protein 7Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 8%; Vitamin C 0%; Calcium 8%; Iron 10Exchanges: 1 Starch; 4 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Vegetable; 1/2 High-Fat Meat; 6 Fat Carbohydrate Choices: 5 1/2 
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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