mangia mondays 16: the best cake ever

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& welcome to

a blog hop where lisa from shine your light

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& of course, check out all of your amazing recipes & food posts!

have you seen this recipe over at

kevinandamanda.com?

it's been my absolute favorite

& go-to recipe ever since she posted it.

it's easy & a crowd favorite!

could it get any better?

the best chocolate & peanut butter cake

for cake:

1 box devil's food cake mix

1 large package of jello instant chocolate pudding mix

1 C sour cream

1 C vegetable oil

4 eggs, beaten

1/2 C milk

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 C mini reese's cups, chopped

1. preheat oven to 350 f.

2. in a very large bowl, mix together everything except reese's cups. batter will be extremely thick. stir in reese's cups. pour batter into cake pan of choice {i made 8 cupcakes & filled 2 8-inch round cake pans}. for cooking time, use the cooking times on the back of the devil's food cake box as a guide & add {approx.} 10 minutes to whatever it says. check with a toothpick for doneness. :)

for frosting:

1 C shortening

1 C smooth peanut butter

4 C powdered sugar

1/4 tsp salt

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 C heavy whipping cream

1. in a mixing bowl, cream shortening & peanut butter until fluffy. add sugar & continue creaming until well blended. add salt, vanilla, & whipping cream. blend on low speed until moistened. beat at high speed until frosting is fluffy.

for this recipe, i buy the 2.5 pound bag of mini reese's cups...

& use them all.

you could easily just put the 2 C in the cake,

but what takes it over the top {in my opinion} is the fact that it's garnished

with the remaining chopped reese's cups.

*drool*

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