Chocolate and Peanut Butter Volcano Cake

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So I read all the previous reviews to make this perfect. I did what raeinmich advised and cut the cream cheese mix (all the ingredients in half. I left the cake part of the recipe alone. My bowl was almost filled to the brim, and instead of using two cups of peanuts and Reeses, I used one cup each. For the glaze I used a lot more powdered sugar than stated, as it just wasn't sweet enough; I used unsweetened cocoa powder (all I had, so that may have been the problem, but it didn't say whether to use sweetened or unsweetened. I let the cake bake for a full sixty-five minutes; I pulled it out at forty-five and the middle was still kind of mushy. Great recipe, I just felt the original was a little much for the cake mix. I hope this helps.

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I don't often make any of Paula's recipes----just not a big fan----but this one sounded intriguing. Two cups of chopped peanuts sounded WAY too much, as did the 2 cups of whole milk in the cake batter. I opted for only 1 cup of peanuts---halves, not chopped---and went ahead and put all of the milk in against my better judgment. I ended up baking the cake for 65 minutes. I'm not a chocolate lover so I left the glaze off; plus I didn't want to waste any more ingredients in case the cake was bad. Well, it was. Someone mentioned it being "mushy", as was mine. When you think about it, how were 2 cups of chopped peanut butter cups supposed to be somewhat suspended in the cake batter while it was baking when the batter was so runny? I talked about this cake so much to my family over the past two weeks and let them know I was finally making it today. What will I report to them?? That it was an EPIC FAIL! A total waste of expensive ingredients.

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I made this in cupcake form. Basically lined the bottom of the cupcake tins with the nuts/Reece mixture, filled with cake, added one spoonful of cream cheese mixture to the middle and cooked for 25 minutes. Then I poured the glaze on top of all the cupcakes when I was finished. It was delicious and eliminated a lot of the uncooked/soggy issues mentioned in the other reviews! Messy but delightful.

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Baked my cake for 50 minutes and it still wasn't done...soggy in the middle. I agree with the other reviewer- I probably would only make about half the cream cheese mixture as it was overkill for me and didn't bake up properly. Also, it oozed out the cake pan into the bottom of my oven. I only put about half of the chocolate sauce on and it was soggy and mushy so you may want to use less or use it as a separate side. While it was tasty, it was best consumed in very small portions as it was mega rich. IF I make this again, I would use less peanut butter cups, cut the cream cheese mixture in half, bake longer and hold the chocolate sauce on the side. Good luck.

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This cake received rave reviews from the family. It is not your ordinary cake, I am keeping the chocolate sauce on the side just so the leftovers don't become to soggy. I did have to bake this longer than the recipe. I watched Paula take her's out of the oven and it was medium to dark brown on top so I kept mine in the oven longer to achieve the same color. I highly recommend that. The cream cheese filling (made about 12 ice cream scoops is excellent, but it left the cake just a little to mushy for my taste. Next time I think I'll only use about 3/4 of the filling. This is a cake that will wow your guests/family!