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Servings: 12
Ingredients
- Chocolate & Peanut Butter Mousse Cake serves 12 CLICK here for a printable recipe
- 8 oz peanut butter cups half as wedges & half roughly chopped
- freshly mixed devils food cake batter (enough to halfway fill a 10-inch cake pan
- 6 oz cream cheese, at room temperature
- 3â4 c creamy peanut butter, at room temperature
- 3â4 c powdered sugar
- 1 c cold heavy cream
- 1 t vanilla extract
- 2 c chocolate ganache, cooled until thickened but pourable
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | %DV |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 263g | |
| Recipe makes 12 servings | |
| Calories 1352 | |
| Calories from Fat 778 | 58% |
| Total Fat 92.54g | 116% |
| Saturated Fat 21.18g | 85% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 29mg | 10% |
| Sodium 856mg | 36% |
| Potassium 1032mg | 29% |
| Total Carbs 111.24g | 30% |
| Dietary Fiber 9.7g | 32% |
| Sugars 80.06g | 53% |
| Protein 38.2g | 61% |
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