DING DONG CAKE RECIPE

Ding Dongs, Ring Dings, Swiss Rolls, Hostess Cakes. They are all pretty much the same snack. Chocolate Cake, a cream filling and then covered in chocolate.

As a kid, we always begged for mom to buy them for our school lunches. It didn’t happen too often, but when it did..yeah, we were happy kids! It’s been years since I had one. What good memories.

I shared a Twinkie Cake on FB a few days ago. Made from scratch. It was perfect and I can’t wait to make one myself.

One reader asked for a recipe for a Ding Dong Cake. I decided I needed to fill that request. I took it as a challenge.

Don’t let the recipe scare you off. This is a really easy recipe! You probably have all the ingredients in your pantry. Bake your 2 cake layers, then stack them with all the cream filling. You want all that filling in there. Then the Ganache.

Ingredients
for the cake

• 3 ounces semi sweet baking chocolate (you can use chocolate chips)
• 1 1/2 cups brewed coffee
• 3 cups sugar
• 2 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 teaspoons baking soda
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3 eggs
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 1 1/2 cups buttermilk, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

for the cream filling

• 5 tablespoons all purpose flour
• 1 cup milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 cup butter
• 1 cup granulated sugar

for the ganache

• 1 12 ounce bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1 cup heavy cream
• 1 tablespoon butter

Instructions

1. for the cake
2. Chop chocolate so no pieces are larger than a chocolate chip. Place chocolate in a medium bowl or a 2 cup measuring cup and pour hot coffee over chocolate. Let sit for 5 minutes then stir, making sure all chocolate is melted and well combined with coffee. Set aside to cool.
3. Sift all dry ingredients together-sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt.
4. ..............................................

for full instruction please see : chocolatechocolateandmore.com

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