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Chocolate Peanut Butter Reese’s Cake is a moist chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and buttercream frosting! Perfect for the Reese’s lover in your life! You may also love our peanut butter Snickers cake.

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Chocolate Peanut Butter Reese's Cake is a moist, from scratch chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and chocolate buttercream frosting! Perfect for the Reese's peanut butter cup lover in your life! This is the best chocolate cake recipe good for any occasion.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Reese’s Cake

We had the idea of this amazing chocolate peanut butter Reese’s Cake a month ago for a friend’s birthday cake. Peanut butter, chocolate, cake, (I couldn’t pass up any of those!). I’m a cake person, and NOT an icing fan. People tell me I’m crazy because of that. But I have found a couple of icings I really like. This cake has all of my favorite stuff in it resulting in my dream cake.

We made it for my grandma’s birthday, and boy did she love it!

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How to Make Chocolate Cake

  • You’re going to first put flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt together in a bowl.
  • In a stand mixer, mix the buttermilk, oil, eggs and vanilla.  Then pour the dry ingredients in the mixer slowly with the wet ingredients. Add in the coffee last and mix well.
  • Pour the batter into two  greased and floured pans. The batter will be thin, but that’s fine!
  • Bake for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
  • Allow the cakes to cool in the pans for 10 minutes. Loosen the edges of the cake with a knife, then turn the cakes out on parchment paper or a wire rack to cool completely before you frost them.

Reese's Peanut Butter Cake

Peanut Butter Frosting and Chocolate Buttercream

While the cakes are cooling whip up the peanut butter frosting and the chocolate frosting. They key with both is to beat the butter first until it is almost white in appearance. Then add the rest of the ingredients. We like to use a stand mixer to beat homemade frostings because they end of the lightest and fluffiest that way!

How to Put Together a Layer Cake

  • Place one cake layer on a cake plate.
  • Spread on the Peanut Butter Frosting on one half.
  • Then put the other cake on top.
  • Spread that delicious Chocolate Buttercream Frosting all over the top and sides of the cake. If your cake is not even, just make the icing a little thicker in the places it needs to be to make an even-looking cake.

 

Reese's Peanut Butter Cake

At this point, you could stop. After all, the cake will look and taste delicious as it is!

I like to decorate cakes, so I took this cake one step further. You can do it too if you want. It’s really not as hard as it looks.

Decorating a cake with Wilton Tips

  • Take a Wilton 2D tip and put it in an icing bag. Fill the bag with icing and squeeze the frosting down to get out the air bubbles.
  • You can decorate it any way you want and with any tip you want, but to get the look that I have on this cake, just squeeze until your star is the size you want it and pull away to make a flower. I put flowers all around the top and bottom of the Reese’s cake.

Reese's Peanut Butter Cake

Decorate a cake with Reese’s

The Reese’s peanut butter cups are pretty much the last step. Cut them up into small pieces and sprinkle them over the top as desired.

If there is a little Reese’s piece that looks lonely, eat it. 🙂

Chocolate Peanut Butter Reese's Cake is a moist, from scratch chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and chocolate buttercream frosting! Perfect for the Reese's peanut butter cup lover in your life! This is the best chocolate cake recipe good for any occasion.

And here is your spectacular Reese’s cake!! I’m telling you, this is only a part of our chocolate and peanut butter obsession. You’ll find cookies, brownies,  candies and ice cream. We’re always dreaming up new Reese’s creations!

Serve this delectable Reese’s cake with ice cream. Eat it with your family or give it to a friend. But whatever you do, don’t leave it with your dog!!! {Don’t ask me how I know this!}

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Reese's Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
Prep Time
1 hr
Cook Time
25 mins
Total Time
1 hr 25 mins
 

Chocolate Peanut Butter Reese’s Cake is a moist chocolate cake with peanut butter frosting and buttercream frosting! Perfect for the Reese’s lover in your life!

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: baby, birthday, celebration, chocolate, groom's cake, peanut butter, shower
Servings: 15 servings
Calories: 587 kcal
Author: Lizzy T
Ingredients
Chocolate Layer Cake:
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup buttermilk
  • 1/2 cup canola oil
  • 2 large eggs (room temperature)
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup freshly brewed strong hot coffee
Peanut Butter Frosting:
  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 1 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 3 tablespoon milk or heavy cream
  • 2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 recipe Chocolate Buttercream
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 round 9-inch cake pans.
  2. For the cake, put flour, sugar, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl and mix well.
  3. In a stand mixer, mix the buttermilk, oil, eggs, vanilla together. Slowly add in the mix of dry ingredients while the mixer is on low. Add the coffee and make sure everything is combined. The batter will be very thin.
  4. Pour the batter into the prepared pans and bake for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean.
  5. Turn the cakes out onto a cooling rack. While the cakes are cooling, make your frostings.
Peanut Butter Frosting:
  1. In a bowl, blend together peanut butter, powdered sugar, butter, and milk 3-4 minutes or until light and fluffy.
Make the Chocolate Buttercream.
  1. Now it's time to put your cake together!
  2. Frost the top of the first cake with the Peanut Butter Frosting. Then layer the other half of the cake on top. Frost the outside of the cake with the Chocolate Buttercream Frosting.
  3. Pipe flowers on top with the leftover Peanut Butter Frosting and/or decorate as desired with chopped Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.
Recipe Notes

The calories shown are based on the cake being cut into 15 pieces, with 1 serving being 1 slice of cake. Since different brands of ingredients have different nutritional information, the calories shown are just an estimate.

Nutrition Facts
Reese's Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake
Amount Per Serving (130 g)
Calories 587 Calories from Fat 270
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 30g 46%
Saturated Fat 9g 45%
Cholesterol 46mg 15%
Sodium 518mg 22%
Potassium 309mg 9%
Total Carbohydrates 76g 25%
Dietary Fiber 3g 12%
Sugars 58g
Protein 8g 16%
Vitamin A 5.9%
Calcium 5.5%
Iron 12%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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Comments

    • I also love chocolate and peanut butter together. I would make that cake every day if I could!

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    • Thanks! I definitely love my pies and cakes. I took a cake decorating class for a while and got some great tips!

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  9. I made this last week for my best friends bday and omg, this recipe is amazing. Thank you for making such a spectacular cake. It inspired me to dig our fancy icing bag out of a closet and give it a whirl. It looked beautiful and just thinking about it makes me hungry all over again. I ended up cutting the Reese’s in half and lining them around the edge of the cake and using Reese’s Pieces to give it a little color (a pic is up on my blog if you scroll down to the very bottom of this post http://www.thescribblerexperiment.com/?p=769 ). Thanks again for the awesome recipe. 🙂

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    • So glad you liked it!! I crave this cake, too…it is dangerous to have around our house:) Thanks for stopping by!

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  12. Lizzy, this is one fabulously over-the-top, big, beautiful cake; it’s outrageously creative and looks irresistible.

    Just like you, I am also a cake person: layer cakes, cupcakes, birthday cakes, wedding cakes, cheesecakes, potato cakes…but I digress. I love mixing them, baking them, icing them, and most of all…eating them…mostly late at night before bedtime, as I get very sleepy after eating anything sugary sweet for the last several years; IDK why!

    BTW, I don’t think God created a dog anywhere, who can resist peanut butter. Just the way it is. Besides, watching your pooch working so hard to EAT the pnut butter is one of the greatest forms of entertainment ever!

    Well done! I look forward to seeing more from your kitchen soon.

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    • Thank you, Mary, for your kind words! You made our morning. This is absolutely our favorite family cake. And yes, watching dogs eat peanut butter always makes me smile. 🙂 Glad you found us!

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  27. This cake looks fabulous. I plan on making it this weekend for my daughter boyfriend. I have one question to ask. For the chocolate buttrcream icing i see that you have the measurements for the peanutbutter cream icing, but i’m wondering how much cocoa or what kind of chocolate is used for the chocolate butter cream icing?

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  28. I love strong coffee, and was excited to add it to a cake. But sadly, I found it made the cake a bit bitter. I used a bundt pan and dropped miniature peanut butter cups in the batter (after it was in the pan). By the time the cake was done baking, the pb cups were near the top of the cake. I frosted the entire cake with the peanut butter frosting. I will make this again, but maybe use a weaker cup of coffee or try just water.

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  29. Made this for my moms birthday and it was adored by all even the brother who doesn’t like sweet stuff that much. Thanks so much for the awesome recipe.

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  33. Hi! I made this yesterday and it turned out fabulously! This is the first cake I’ve ever made and I was so proud of myself when it looked just as good as it tasted!! I even used your chocolate buttercream recipe to make a white chocolate version as I’m a huge fan of the white chocolate Reese’s!

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  36. My now seven year old son wanted a Reese’s peanut butter cake for his birthday yesterday. I am SO thankful that I found this recipe! It is AMAZING!!!! I read the past comments regarding the one cup of coffee. I used a half a cup of coffee and half a cup of water. I will definitely use this recipe again and will pass it on????. Thanks for sharing such a good recipe!

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  37. This cake is AMAZING!!! I found this when my now seven year old son asked for a Reese’s cake since that is his favorite candy. I used half a cup of coffee and half a cup of water.

    Thanks for sharing!????

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  38. Hi – my son has requested this for his birthday next week. I live in high altitude, and my scratch cakes are a disaster since moving to the mountains from sea level. ☹️

    Plan B is to doctor a cake mix – would you suggest Devil’s Food or regular Chocolate? Then I’ll use your PB and buttercream frosting to finish it up.

    Any other suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

    Thank you!

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  39. I’m planning on making this for the hubby’s birthday, he’s a huge peanut butter fan, quick question though, could I make the cakes ahead of time and freeze them? Or alternatively, how many days ahead could you make the cake? Thankyou

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    • Yes! These cake layers freeze well. Be sure to wrap them well and let them come back to room temperature before unwrapping them again. You can safely assemble the cake a day in advance and have it be fine.

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  40. Hi! Regarding a previous question about how many days prior to the event you can make this cake. You had said it could be made a day in advance. Does that include the frosting and decor as well? Should it be refrigerated overnight once frosted? This was requested by my husband for his birthday, so just want to make sure its done right! 🙂

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  42. Hi! When you say 350 degrees is that Fahrenheit? And a conventional oven?

    I want to try this but I have a fan oven! Loooks amazing by the way!

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    • Yes, 350 degrees Fahrenheit in a conventional oven. I don’t yet know much about convection ovens, but we have one being installed in a few weeks. I’m excited to learn more about it so I can share with you all!

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  43. This is an amazing cake!! I have made this several times, and it comes out perfect. My family loves this cake, and get indignant every time they see me look at any other chocolate cake recipe (though none I have made yet have been better than this one). I use the cake recipe all the time, and the peanut butter icing is the perfect ratio of peanut butter to sweetness.

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