Description
This chocolate cake has peanut butter cups and a cream cheese swirl. You bake it with coconut and pecans on the bottom. The top cracks during baking. It is a dessert for peanut butter lovers.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 box chocolate cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 cup oil
- 1 1/4 cups water
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1 cup pecans
- 1/2 cup butter
- 8 ounces cream cheese
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 cup peanut butter cups
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease your 9 by 13 inch baking pan.
- Scatter coconut and pecans in the pan.
- Prepare the cake mix with eggs oil and water.
- Pour the batter over the coconut and pecans.
- Beat cream cheese and butter in a bowl.
- Mix in the powdered sugar.
- Drop spoonfuls of this mixture onto the batter.
- Top with peanut butter cups.
- Swirl the layers with a knife.
- Bake for 40 minutes.
- Cool the cake.
Notes
- Store your leftovers in the refrigerator.
- The cake stays fresh.
- Use a toothpick to test for doneness.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 40 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Calories: 480
Keywords: reeses earthquake cake, chocolate cake, peanut butter dessert