📝 What is it?
A homemade version of the classic Ding Dongs—moist chocolate cake layers filled with fluffy cream and covered in smooth chocolate ganache. Rich, soft, and nostalgic.
🧂 Ingredients (simple list)
Chocolate cake:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 ¾ cups sugar
¾ cup cocoa powder
1 ½ tsp baking powder
1 ½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
2 eggs
1 cup milk
½ cup oil
1 cup hot coffee (boosts chocolate flavor)
Cream filling:
1 cup butter (softened)
2 cups powdered sugar
1 jar marshmallow fluff
1 tsp vanilla
Chocolate ganache:
200g chocolate
1 cup heavy cream
👨🍳 Instructions
- Bake cake
Mix dry ingredients
Add eggs, milk, oil → mix
Stir in hot coffee
Pour into two pans
Bake at 180°C (350°F) for 25–30 min
Cool completely - Make filling
Beat butter + powdered sugar
Add marshmallow fluff + vanilla → fluffy - Assemble
Place one cake layer
Spread thick cream filling
Add second layer - Ganache
Heat cream → pour over chocolate → mix smooth
Pour ganache over cake
Chill slightly before slicing