Buckeye Cake
A buckeye candy is made to look like a buckeye nut, and is comprised of peanut butter dipped in chocolate. A buckeye cake does not look like a buckeye nut, but is damn tasty. This is not something for those who do not like chocolate, peanut butter, or rich desserts.
Ingredients:
1 box commercial chocolate cake mix
1 tub commercial chocolate icing
2 cups granulated sugar
2/3 cup milk
1 cup marshmallow creme
1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
The cake—
- Follow manufacturer's instructions on box for making the cake. Note that you should end up with two separate cakes.
- Set cakes aside and allow to cool.
The peanut butter fudge—
This recipe found here.
- Boil sugar and milk in a medium saucepan, stirring occasionally to soft ball stage or about 236 degrees F on a candy thermometer.
- Remove mixture from heat and stir in remaining ingredients.
- Pour candy into a greased round pan the same size as used for the cakes. Chill.
Putting the two together—
- After the cakes and the fudge are cooled, remove all three from their pans and place on cake platter. The fudge goes between the two layers of cake.
- Ice the cake completely.
- If there are any crumbs left over from the fudge, sprinkle these on top of the cake.
- Serve and enjoy! Note that you will likely want a large glass of milk or other liquid.
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