Reese's Peanut Butter Cups Cake

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Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Cake
Serves 12

3½ cups all-purpose flour
1 tbsp. baking powder
½ tsp. salt
2 cups finely chopped Reese’s peanut butter cups (or other chocolate candies such as Snickers and Almond Joy)
16 tablespoons (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature
1½ cups sugar
4 large eggs, separated, at room temperature
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1¼ cups whole milk, at room temperature
¼ tsp. cream of tartar

Icing:
4½ oz. bittersweet chocolate, chopped
½ cup heavy cream

1. Make cake: Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour a 10-cup nonstick Bundt pan. Sift 3 cups flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl. In a separate bowl, toss candies with remaining 1/2 cup flour.

2. Using an electric mixer on medium-high speed, beat butter and sugar until light, 3 minutes. Add yolks one at a time. Beat in vanilla. Beat in 1/3 of flour mixture, followed by 1/2 of milk. Repeat, ending with flour mixture. Do not overmix.

3. In a clean, dry bowl using dry beaters, beat egg whites and cream of tartar until stiff peaks form. Stir candies and 1/3 of egg whites into batter. Fold in remaining whites. Spoon batter into Bundt pan. Bake until a toothpick inserted into center comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Let cool on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then unmold cake.

4. Make icing: Place chocolate in a bowl. Warm cream in a pan over medium heat until just boiling. Pour over chocolate, let stand for 1 minute, then whisk until smooth.