elvis cake

"mama told me what i should know, too much candy gonna rot your soul!"

..except, of course, in the case of the elvis cake.

elvis was said to like fluffernutters, which would explain the name. i wouldn't know, but trust me, more than one slice of this beast might cause you to croak on the toilet.

err... wait, what?

this cake is such a mouthful to explain, so bear with me and try not to explode:

banana cake with mini chocolate chips in between the layers, and marshmallow peanut butter frosting, topped with crushed reese's cups and sprinkled with more chocolate chips on the sides. whew!

try this if you dare; it's certainly not for lightweights. though i gotta say it wasn't a sugar overload like i was expecting. i thought the flavors were pretty mild, but what can i say? i'm sort of insane.

elvis cake

from eatmedelicious

cake:

3 eggs

2 cups flour

2 bananas, mashed

1+1/2 cups sugar

1 stick of butter, room temperature

1 cup milk

3+1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

dash of salt

bag of mini chocolate chips

mini reese's cups

frosting:

4 cups powdered sugar

2 sticks of butter, room temperature

1 cup of peanut butter

1 cup marshmallow fluff

2 tablespoons of milk

.: preheat oven to 350. line two 9-inch cake pans with parchment

. whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt

. in a large bowl, beat the butter and sugar together

. add the eggs one at a time

. alternatively add flour and milk

. beat in vanilla and mashed bananas

. pour into pans and sprinkle with chips. i used enough to almost cover the tops

. bake for 35 minutes, and let cool completely

. beat the butter and peanut butter together

. add powdered sugar one cup at a time, adding milk if it gets too tough to work with

. transfer 1/3 of the frosting to another bowl, add the marshmallow fluff and stir with a spatula to combine

. normally you place the first layer of a layer cake upside down, but we want all the chocolate chips in the middle, so keep it upright (mine barely domed so it wasn't a problem)

. frost the layer with the marshmallow frosting, add the second layer (top side down) and use the peanut butter frosting to cover

. press mini chocolate chips around the sides, and sprinkle the top with crushed reese's cups, or decorate however you like :.

make this for the extreme peanut butter enthusiast in your life, and you won't be sorry. and as uncle jesse would say,

"HAVE MERCY!"