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Peanut Butter Silk Cake

Love sweet and creamy peanut butter? Try it in both a whipped cream filling that's loaded with flavor and a moist cake enrobed in creamy chocolate frosting.

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Prep Time 15 min
Total Time 2 hr 10 min
Servings 12

Ingredients

1: box Betty Crocker® SuperMoist® yellow cake mix

1 1/4: cups water

1/2: cup creamy peanut butter

1/3: cup vegetable oil

3: eggs

1/4: cup butter or margarine

1/4: cup packed brown sugar

1: cup whipping cream

1/2: cup creamy peanut butter

1: container (1 lb) Betty Crocker® Rich & Creamy chocolate frosting

1: cup chopped peanuts, if desired

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F (or 325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Generously grease bottoms only of 2 (8- or 9-inch) round cake pans with shortening or cooking spray.
2 In large bowl, beat cake mix, water, 1/2 cup peanut butter, the oil and eggs with electric mixer on low speed 30 seconds. Beat on medium speed 2 minutes, scraping bowl occasionally. Pour into pans.
3 Bake 30 to 35 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. Cool completely, about 1 hour.
4 In 2-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat; stir in brown sugar. Heat to boiling; boil and stir 1 minute. Remove from heat. Refrigerate 10 minutes.
5 In chilled medium bowl, beat whipping cream on high speed until soft peaks form; set aside. In another medium bowl, beat 1/2 cup peanut butter and the brown sugar mixture on medium speed until smooth and creamy. Add whipped cream to peanut butter mixture; beat on medium speed until mixture is smooth and creamy.
6 Split each cake layer horizontally to make 2 layers. Fill each layer with about 2/3 cup peanut butter mixture to within 1/2 inch of edge. Frost side and top of cake with frosting. Press peanuts onto frosting on side of cake. Store covered in refrigerator.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

To cut cake layers in half horizontally, insert 6 toothpicks around the side of each layer, halfway down the side. Using the toothpicks as a guide, slice layer in half with a long knife.

For a fun garnish, top this cake with coarsely cut-up chocolate-covered peanut butter cups. Or dot the top with mini cups that have been cut in half crosswise.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Serving

Calories: 610
Calories from Fat: 320),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 36g; 36%
(Saturated Fat 13g, 13% Trans Fat 2 1/2g 2 1/2% ),
Cholesterol: 90mg; 90%;
Sodium: 510mg; 510%;
Total Carbohydrate: 62g; 62%
(Dietary Fiber 1g 1% Sugars 41g 41% ),
Protein: 8g; 8%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 10%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 10%;
Iron: 8%;

Exchanges:

2 1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 7 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 5/4/2013 9:12:45 PM REPORT ABUSE GooniesAndy said:

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This cake was amazing! I served it (with homemade chocolate frosting and no nuts on the outside) at my son's seventh birthday party and everyone, from small kids to adults, absolutely loved it. A few of them said it was the best cake they've ever had, and I had multiple requests for the cake for future occasions. I, too, had little bits of the toffee/butter mixture that were in the peanut butter layer, but they seemed to be gone by the time the cake was served. The cake itself was incredibly moist and soft. So good!

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Posted 2/2/2013 5:54:08 PM REPORT ABUSE Wifey2Mikey said:

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Made this cake today for my son's 18th birthday - it looks good (haven't tasted it yet) but I had trouble with the brown sugar / butter mixing well with the peanut butter and I followed the directions *precisely. There are chunks of almost like toffee in the peanut butter whipped cream. Oh well.. I'm sure it will taste good.

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Posted 11/23/2012 10:27:14 AM REPORT ABUSE Michaela3 said:

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I made this for the first time for Thanksgiving and loved it. Very peanut buttery, but wonderful for peanut butter lovers. If you're not a very big peanut butter person, you could lessen the amount of pb in the recipe; also, you could do the frosting for the layers of the cake with chocolate frosting rather than the pb whipped mixture. All in all, this cake was delicious, and very easy to make.

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