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      Title: Peanut Butter Candy Cake
 Categories: Cakes
      Yield: 16 Servings
 
  1-3/4 c  Water; boiling
      1 c  Oats; quick cooking
    1/2 c  Butter
      1 c  Light brown sugar; packed
      1 c  Granulated sugar
      1 ts Vanilla
      2 lg Eggs
  1-1/2 c  All purpose flour; unsifted
      1 ts Baking soda
    1/2 ts Baking powder
    1/4 ts Cinnamon
    1/4 ts Salt
           Peanut butter cups *
           Frosting:
      3 tb Butter
      3 oz Unsweetened chocolate
      3 c  Confectioner's sugar; approximate
    1/4 ts Salt
    1/2 c  Milk
      1 ts Vanilla
 
  * Use 5 (0.6 ounce size) milk chocolate covered peanut butter cups.
  
  Combine water and rolled oats; cool to room temperature; set aside.
  Cream together butter, brown sugar, sugar, and vanilla; beat in
  eggs. Blend in oatmeal mixture. Combine flour, baking soda, baking
  powder, cinnamon, and salt; add to creamed mixture. Beat 1 minute
  on medium speed. Pour batter into a greased and floured 13x9x2"
  pan. Chop peanut butter cups and sprinkle on top of batter. Do NOT
  stir. Bake at 350°F for 40-45 minutes or until cake tests done.

  Frosting:

  Melt butter in small saucepan. Add chocolate and stir constantly
  over very low heat until melted. Pour into small bowl. Add
  remaining ingredients and beat until well blended. Chill to
  spreading consistency, about 15 minutes. Frost cake.

  Posted by: Jo Merrill (ecgj65b)

  Recipe FROM: The Best of Country Cooking

  Recipe FROM: Taste of Home Country Cooking, 1996
 
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