Celebrate Hot Cocoa Day with our Twice as Good Hot Cocoa Cake!
Hot Cocoa Cake
8-12 Slices
1 Hour
Easy
Directions:
- Preheat oven to 325º F. Spray bundt pan with nonstick cooking spray.
- Sift flour, cocoa powder, hot chocolate powder, baking powder and baking soda. Mix chocolate chips and salt with flour.
- In large bowl, combine oil, milk, eggs. Add flour mixture.
- Pour into prepared pan.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until toothpick inserted into center comes out clean.
- Cool.
- Fit piping bag with large round tip. Fill bag with marshmallow fluff. Insert tip of piping bag into cake to pipe fluff inside. Repeat at 1/4-inch intervals along base of cake. Note: extra fluff will slightly extrude from opening.
- To make ganache, heat cream until steaming. Chop chocolate bar and place in small bowl. Pour cream over chocolate and slowly stir until melted and mixture is thick. Add salt and vanilla bean paste. Mix.
- Invert cake onto plate or stand. (Top of cake will now be decorative ridges molded by the bunt pan.) Pour warm ganache over cake and top with mini marshmallows. Enjoy!
Equipment:
Measuring CupsMeasuring Spoons
Large Bowl
Small Bowl
Bundt Pan
Piping Bag with Large Tip
Ingredients:
- 1 ¾ cups All-Purpose Flour
- ¾ cup Cocoa Powder
- ¼ cup Hot Chocolate Powder
- 1 T Baking Powder
- 1 t Baking Soda
- 1 cup Mini Chocolate Chips
- 1 t Salt
- 1 cup Oil
- 1 cup Milk
- 4 Eggs
- 2 cups Marshmallow Fluff
Chocolate Ganache:
- 1 4oz Bar 60% Cocoa
- ½ cup Heavy Cream
- 1 t Salt
- 1 t Vanilla Bean Paste
- 2 cups Mini Marshmallows