Last month for my husband’s birthday, I decided to experiment with his cake and make a cake with a combination of ideas I’d seen on Pinterest. My inspiration comes from here, here, and here.
My husband loves peanut butter cups, brownies, and chocolate chip cookies (and so do I), so I thought this cake would be perfect!
It’s pretty simple to make and here’s how you do it:
1. Line a 9×13 baking pan with parchment paper and spread a batch of your favorite chocolate chip cookie dough recipe (I use the recipe on the back of the bag) on the bottom.
2. Place 15 peanut butter cups, face-down, evenly over the cookie dough.
3. Cover with your favorite recipe for brownies (I took the easy way here and used a boxed mix).
4. Bake at 350 degrees (I used a convection oven) for 35-40 minutes or until it’s done to your liking when you do the toothpick test (we tend to like our baked goods, less done). Let cool for 30 minutes and then lift the cake out of the pan with the parchment paper. Let cool for another 30 minutes and then transfer to a cake board or whatever you plan on serving the cake on.
5. Frost with chocolate frosting (I took the easy way here too and used store-bought frosting) and top with crushed peanut butter cups.
The cake was very yummy and very rich! I think next time I make it I will leave off the frosting and peanut butter cups on top and just make them as brownie/cookie bars.
