Baby Ruth™ Layer Cake

9 Reviews

“Takes a little extra effort but oh so worth it! Perfect for a special dinner party, shower, or garden party. This is also my husband's favorite request for his birthday!” - by CateCooks

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Original recipe yields 1 - 9 inch 2 layer cake

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour two 9 inch round pans.
In the top of a double boiler, Combine 8 chopped candy bars, peanut butter, and 6 tablespoons milk. Heat and stir until melted, stirring constantly. Let cool.
Sift together flour, baking soda and baking powder. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream 1/2 cup butter and 1 1/4 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs and beat well. Blend in cooled candy mixture and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla.
On low speed, add flour mixture to creamed mixture, alternating with buttermilk. Do not overmix.
Pour into 2 greased and floured 9 inch round cake pans and bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30 minutes. Cool in pans on racks for 10 minutes. Turn out and finish cooling on rack.
For filling and topping: Melt 6 candy bars in double boiler, then set aside. In a saucepan, combine egg yolks, 1 cup evaporated milk, 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup butter. Cook and stir until thick over medium heat for approximately 10 minutes. Remove from heat and blend in melted candy mixture, coconut and peanuts. Cool, then beat vigorously with spoon.
For whipped topping, whip heavy cream until stiff. In a clean bowl, whip egg white until stiff. Fold egg white, confectioners sugar and 3/4 teaspoon vanilla into whipped cream.
To assemble, spread cooled filling between layers and on top of cake. Spread whipped topping on sides of cake.

Nutrition

Amount Per Serving (12 total)

Calories
788 cal
39%

Fat
42.7 g
66%

Carbs
91.3 g
29%

Based on a 2,000 calorie diet

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Reviews (9)

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GLADINCO

Nov. 21, 2002

"I cheated by using cake mix and it turned out great. Prepare 1 pkg. of yellow or butter recipe cake mix by using 4 eggs, 2/3 cup water, 1/2 cup peanut butter, 1/2 softened butter or margarine and add ..." See morethe chopped candy bars. Then follow the rest of the recipe. Apologies to the submitter, but I think this variation is just as good and a lot less time-consuming to make!"

bananatwin

Sep. 21, 2006

"Extraordinarily good with the only downfall being the length of time it takes to make. I suggest playing around with the recipe. I actually made an almond joy cake instead substituting almond joys a..." See morend almond butter for baby ruths and peanut butter. It was fantastic. I omitted the whipped cream for whipped chocolate frosting, which might be too sweet for some, but it was fine by me. Overall, a good (even if tedious) recipe."

YAYAGIRL

Aug. 29, 2002

"Though the end result of this recipe is a very deicious desert, I can't say that it's really worth the time and effort it takes to make it. There are probably recipes out there that are just as scrump..." See moretious but take a lot less work."

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