S'mores Celebration Cake (Print Version)
# Ingredients:
→ Graham Cracker Cake
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1 1/2 cups regular flour
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1 1/2 cups crushed graham crackers
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1 teaspoon baking powder
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1/2 teaspoon baking soda
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1 teaspoon salt
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1 cup unsalted butter
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1 cup light brown sugar
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1/2 cup white sugar
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4 large eggs
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1 cup buttermilk
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2 teaspoons vanilla extract
→ Milk Chocolate Ganache
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12 ounces milk chocolate, chopped small
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6 ounces heavy whipping cream
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2 tablespoons Baileys Irish Cream (skip if you want)
→ Topping
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4 cups fresh marshmallow fluff
# Instructions:
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Heat your oven to 350°F. Butter and flour three 6-inch cake pans and put parchment circles on the bottoms.
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Combine flour, graham crumbs, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a bowl with a good stir.
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Whip the butter till creamy, dump in both sugars and beat until light and fluffy for about 2-3 minutes. Drop in eggs one by one, add vanilla. Switch between adding flour mix and buttermilk, but start and finish with the flour stuff.
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Split the mix between your pans, flatten the tops, and tap them on the counter. Stick in oven for around 40 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean. Let them cool in pans for 10 minutes before flipping onto cooling racks.
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Warm up cream and pour it over the chocolate bits, leave it alone for 2 minutes, then stir till silky smooth. Cool it in the fridge until thick but spreadable. Beat it up till it's fluffy and lighter colored.
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Stack cake layers with whipped ganache between them. Chill to firm up. Spread marshmallow fluff all over and brown it with a kitchen torch.
# Notes:
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You can make the ganache a day early and let it warm up before whipping
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Milk chocolate buttercream works great instead of the ganache
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The cake tastes best when eaten at room temp