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Prep time
40 minutes
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Cook time
30 minutes
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Serves
16
Author Notes
3 yellow cake layers, filled with a creamy sweet peanut butter filling and topped with a rich chocolate buttercream frosting, named in honor of Ohio’s favorite candy —Chancekarma
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Ingredients
- Yellow cake
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1 cup
Softened butter
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2 1/2 cups
Granulated sugar
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6
Eggs
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4
Egg yolks
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4 1/2 cups
Cake flour
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2 teaspoons
Salt
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4 teaspoons
Baking powder
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2 cups
Buttermilk
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3 teaspoons
Vanilla extract
- Peanut butter filling & chocolate frosting
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2 1/2 cups
Softened butter
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6 cups
Powdered sugar
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2 cups
Cocoa powder
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2 cups
Peanut butter
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1 teaspoon
Salt
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2 teaspoons
Vanilla extract
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4 tablespoons
Milk
Directions
- Yellow cake
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and line with parchment paper three 9 inch cake pans.
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In a stand mixer, Cream together butter and sugar. Whip until butter and sugar mixture is light and fluffy.
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Add eggs and egg yolks to mixer, mixing after the addition of each egg or egg yolk.
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Add vanilla to mixer and mix
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In a large bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking powder. Add one third of dry mixture to mixer and mix.
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Add one half of buttermilk to mixer and mix, and then another third of dry ingredients to mixer and mix.
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Repeat step six with remaining milk and last third of dry ingredients. Mix well until completely combined
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Divide batter between three cake pans and bake for 20-30 minutes. Bake until cake is golden around the edges and when a toothpick inserted comes out clean.
- Peanut butter filling & chocolate frosting
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While cake is baking make peanut butter filling. In a mixer, combine 1/2 cup softened butter, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 2 cups of powdered sugar. Mix until light and fluffy and set aside.
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Make chocolate buttercream frosting. In a mixer, combine 2 cups of softened butter, 2 cups of cocoa powder, 4 cups of powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, and 3-5 tablespoons of milk. Mix all ingredients together until light and fluffy
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When cake layers have cooled, turn layers out of pans. Let layers cool completely.
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Frost and fill cake
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