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S'mores Bonfire Cake

Ingredients

Cake

  • 1 box Betty Crocker Super Moist Triple Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix
  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1 dash salt
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 cup water
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 tbsp vanilla

Filling

  • 1/2 bag chocolate chips
  • 1 cup heavy cream

Vanilla Buttercream Icing

  • 3 sticks butter (room temperature)
  • 5 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 splash vanilla extract

Toppings

  • Graham Crackers
  • Marshmallows

Instructions

Cake

  • Mix all of the dry ingredients in one bowl and wet ingredients in another.
  • Slowly add the mixed dry ingredients to your wet ingredients until all is combined.
  • Follow baking instructions on back of cake box. (My oven is off by an outrageous amount so I can't honestly say what temperature I was at and for how long.)

Vanilla Buttercream Icing

  • Beat the butter until whipped.
  • Slowly add in the powdered sugar until all is combined.
  • Add the vanilla extract.
  • You can keep adding powdered sugar until you reach your desired consistency. If it's too thick, add a tablespoon of milk.

Chocolate Ganache

  • Sally's Baking Recipes describe perfectly how to create this chocolate covering. https://sallysbakingaddiction.com/chocolate-ganache/

Creating the cake

  • Once the layers have cooled, add a layer of frosting to the top of your first layer and smooth out.
  • Build a wall of icing around the edge of the cake. Make sure this wall is tall and thick enough to hold in your chocolate ganache
  • Add a layer of chocolate ganache and top with the next cake layer.
  • Continue this process for the rest of the layers.
  • Frost the cake and top with chocolate ganache and toasted marshmallows. In a piping bag, add drips of chocolate down the cake. You can add other garnishes such as graham cracker crumbs around the base.