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Easy Mouthwatering Carrot Cake with REESE'S Peanut Butter Chips

Why bake a carrot cake when you can bake a carrot cake with REESE'S peanut butter chips? When you enhance your carrot cake recipe with these delectable peanut butter morsels, the result is moist, flavorful and incredibly delicious. Easter never tasted so good, and neither did family dessert or summertime picnics. Just add pineapple, walnuts and a few other easy ingredients to a boxed yellow cake mix and watch a would-be ordinary carrot cake recipe become so much more. Top your ultimate peanut butter infused carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and enjoy a slice of pure decadence.

Ingredients & Directions

Yields:
1 cake
Prep:
15 Min.
Bake:
30 Min.
Total:

BAKE MODE:

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Ingredients

  • 1 2/3 cups
    REESE'S Peanut Butter Chips (10 oz pkg.), divided
  • 1 package
    yellow cake mix (2 layer size)
  • 1 Tbsp
    ground cinnamon
  • 1/2 cup
    vegetable oil
  • 4
    eggs
  • 1 can
    crushed pineapple packed in juice (8 oz), undrained
  • 2 cups
    shredded carrot finely, (about 3 large carrots)
  • 3/4 cup
    coarsely chopped walnuts
  • cream cheese frosting (homemade or ready-to-spread)
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You'll Need 
Baking Pan
Oven
Mixing Bowl
Mixer
Measuring Cups
Rubber Scraper
Wire Rack
Refrigerator

Directions

Tip

If using bagged shredded carrots, chop into finer pieces before adding to cake batter.

Cream Cheese Frosting: Beat 1 package (3 oz) softened cream cheese and 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) softened butter until smooth. Gradually add 2 cups powdered sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; beat until smooth. About 1-1/2 cups frosting.

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