Step by step homemade baking recipes
Today I’m showing you how to make a S’mores Cake! Layers of graham cracker cake, chocolate cake, marshmallow buttercream, marshmallow meringue (marshmallow fluff) and chocolate ganache make up this epic cake!
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Today, I am showing you how to make an S’mores Ice Cream Cake. Combining graham crackers, chocolate ice cream and marshmallows makes for the perfect S’mores themed dessert!
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The melted snowman cookie and cupcake has been making it’s rounds around the internet for quite awhile now. Being that it is such a cute idea, I knew I had to do it, but I wanted to make sure that I had my own spin on it. So instead of simply making a melted snowman, I thought that a SMORES version of it would be fabulous! It may not be summer, but nothing goes better with warm gooey marshmallows than chocolate!
As I’ve said before, S’mores are one of my favourite treats that come around summer time. They seem like the epitome of relaxation, and carefree times. For me, this summer was NOT relaxing or carefree, but I still managed to fit in some time in front of the campfire (in the backyard, but hey, whatever works, right?)
Having two (or….three) in front of the campfire one night, just didnt seem to be enough time for my relationship with S’mores. Therefore, in order to keep the love burning I found this recipe to make. It was originally posted on How Sweet It Is, and I had resisted the first time it appeared in my mailbox. . . but that devil on my should kept telling me to make it!
So I gave in to temptation.
And I made them. And they were worth it. Every single crumb.
You can follow Jessica’s directions on her beautiful site 🙂 I followed her tips and recipe.
First up, graham cracker crust . . . melted butter, sugar and graham cracker crumbs.
Then for the brownie layer!
This recipe is one from my collection, so I will add it for you below.
When the brownie mix is finished, it’s time to pour it onto the graham cracker crust!
Bake, bake, bake, and voila! You have a yummy brownie layer.
Now for the fun part! I used JUMBO marshmallows for this recipe. The orgingal on calls for the large ones, but I have been dying to use these marshmallows in something!
They “poofed” up like buns in the oven. And got HUGE!
YUM! The whole kitchen smelled like toasted marshmallows . . . it was one smell from baking that I was glad to have as a perfume 🙂
Aren’t my two helpers the cutest! Big sister was my photographer for this post, and little sister was my gopher and cupcake pan mover. Thanks girls!
Graham Cracker crumb crust, brownie middle and toasted marshmallow topping. What more could you ask for?
Brownie Recipe
Ingredients:
1 1/3 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup butter
1 cup cocoa
2 cups sugar
3 eggs
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
Directions:
Stir together flour, baking powder, and salt in small bowl.
Melt butter in a large saucepan. Remove from heat. Stir in cocoa.
Blend in sugar, eggs, and vanilla.
Blend in dry ingredients.
Pour batter into greased baking pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes or until done. Cool.
SUMMER!!
I love the LONG hours of daylight.
I love the warm mornings and evenings that you can wear tank tops.
I love camping and living in the lake. I’m convinced that my mother birthed me in a tub (even though she says she didn’t) because I LOVE the water. I would live there if I could . . . lakes, rivers, oceans. But, take a bath . . . NEVER. I hate the bath, I feel it is a chance to for you to sit in your own dirt. At least in the lakes, rivers and oceans you have a chance of encountering fresh water!
As I said, I love camping and nothing brings about the feeling of summer better for me than it! I haven’t had the fortune of getting out in our trailer yet, but, that hasn’t prevented in me from indulging in my favourite summer time treat . . . S’MORES! I adore the fire toasted marshmallow, gooey chocolate, and crunch of a graham cracker delight.
I had been craving one so badly, that when I saw this post, I had to make them for my staff’s next social luncheon. The recipe was fairly simple, the one hiccup being that you need to let the dough sit in the fridge for an hour (and not snack on it while doing so). For some reason, I hate letting the dough sit. I know it is a baking necessity, but it seriously bothers my patience…or lack-there-of!
Other than the dough in the refrigerator problem . . . the rest of the recipe is fairly straight forward. I scooped out the dough using my cookie scoop (to ensure equal sized cookies) and then you bake for around 8 minutes, pull them out, put on the chocolate chunks, and mini marshmallows and put it back in the oven until the marshmallows swell up nice and beautifully!
The original recipe comes from une-deuxsenses blog and I have adapted it to the steps that I took!
Smores Cookies
In your KitchenAid mixer (or other, less superior mixer hahaha), combine the butter and sugars and mix until fluffy. Mix in the eggs and vanilla until combined. Next, add the flour, graham cracker crumbs, salt, baking soda and mix well.
Stir in the chocolate chips then cover and refrigerate the dough for about one hour.
Preheat oven to 375 F. Using a cookie/cupcake scoop, portion out the dough and roll into a ball. Drop onto a greased baking sheet. Repeat with the rest of dough, leaving about 2 inches between each to allow it to spread. Bake for 8 minutes, then remove from the oven. Push a 3 – 5 marshmallows and a few pieces of a Hershey’s bar into each cookie. Return to oven and bake for another 2 – 3 minutes until golden brown and the marshmallows are a bit toasted. Let cool on a wire rack.
Enjoy the cookies . . . and the summer!
And in case you haven’t heard, I have the CUTEST NIECE in the world! How intelligent is she . . . reading at the age of 6 months. Love her. xoxoxo
What is your favourite summer time treat?
