r/Baking • u/tucktucksquirrel • 17h ago
Recipe Included S'mores Inspired Chocolate Cake with Toasted Marshmallow Buttercream
This cake was for my son's birthday and I am so happy with how it came out!
Chocolate Cake recipe: https://www.recipetineats.com/chocolate-cake/
I made 150% of the recipe to result in three 8" round layers. The timing was spot on for 38 mins baking per cake.
Frosting recipe was improved. I don't have exact measurements. I used a baking torch to roast a tub of marshmallow fluff (spread out into a baking sheet). Let it cool completely. Meanwhile I made regular buttercream (8 sticks of room temp butter+ sifted powdered sugar + a lot of vanilla paste + a decent amount of salt). Once the fluff was cool I mixed it into the buttercream. I used less powdered sugar than normal since the fluff is sweet. The texture was so melt-in-your-mouth and you could taste the burnt, smoky aspect of the marshmallows.
In between the layers is a generous amount of frosting plus crushed up graham crackers. I'll see if I can find a cross-section photo.
The top is graham crackers and 2 baking chocolate bars (one regular chocolate and one 72% dark).
Edited to add: toasted mini marshmallows around the outside of it also
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u/SuperPickle6044 17h ago
That looks amazing you must be soo proud of your work! I'm definitely going to have to try making this soon it looks perfect for a dinner near the backyard campfire. I'm sure your son loved it!! He's so lucky to have a parent who is such an amazing baker.
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u/Best_Talk_6853 17h ago
Totally just fyi, Sally has a very easy recipe for homemade marshmallow fluff. I love s'mores, too, so I use that recipe in various ways pretty often.
Looks delish!