Comments on: The Ultimate S’mores Cake

By: Amanda

Amanda — Sat, 11 Jan 2025 02:48:35 +0000

Hi! I made this cake about three years ago with no issues. I’m making it again for my daughter’s birthday, and the ganache for the buttercream has gone wrong twice, to the point where I had to abandon ship and make a regular chocolate buttercream with cocoa powder. Any ideas what I’m doing wrong? Both batches of ganache came out gloopy and not smooth. Both split. The buttercream I ended up with is fine, but doesn’t taste very chocolatey. 🙁

By: Nix Nax Nox

Nix Nax Nox — Sun, 29 Dec 2024 21:27:21 +0000

This cake is good, and, thank you for taking the time to write out and post your recipe. (I used coffee instead of water, too, since this always seems to up the deliciousness of any kind of chocolate cake.) That said, I agree with some of the other posters that the fillings and decorative parts need to 1/2 or 3/4 what is recommended because it makes way too much, which is a bit wasteful. What do I do with all this extra icing, filling, ganache, fluff, enough to decorate a whole extra (delicious!) cake? I ended up baking a second round of crusts/cakes to use up the rest of it. Also, is it a good idea to put parchment paper in a broiler? Paper burns around 450 F and your average oven broiler setting runs at 500-550 F. I recommend you intrepid bakers out there use foil on the marshmallow cookie sheet or just an unlined cookie sheet in your broiler instead, just for safety’s sake, even if those marshmallows aren’t really in there for very long.

By: Sarah Biello

Sarah Biello — Mon, 09 Dec 2024 22:43:59 +0000

This is my 2nd year making it for Christmas! Delicious!! Quick question – can I substitute cacao powder for cocoa powder? Thanks!!

By: Andrea Barrett

Andrea Barrett — Mon, 25 Nov 2024 23:36:18 +0000

How would you make this into a sheet cake?

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Fri, 22 Nov 2024 02:44:23 +0000

In reply to Camden Holman. Keep the recipe the same. It’ll make 18-20 cupcakes.

By: Kara Murray

Kara Murray — Tue, 19 Nov 2024 02:19:11 +0000

Hi Courtney! Wondering if you happened to see my question above? Thank you and Happy Thanksgiving!

By: Camden Holman

Camden Holman — Sun, 17 Nov 2024 20:11:18 +0000

Hi! I made this for my son’s birthday and it was amazing! I’m trying to figure out how to make it into cupcake form, how much would you cut down the batter for 24 cupcakes?

By: Kara Murray

Kara Murray — Sun, 10 Nov 2024 12:49:08 +0000

Hi! I always make your cakes to serve on Thanksgiving. However, I make them the day before and bring them to room temp while everyone is eating Turkey. I don’t have time to be frosting and doing the marshmallow fluff on Thanksgiving Day, but I’m not seeing a “storage” section. Can I finish this up on Wednesday and store in the fridge? Torched and all? Or what do you recommend? Thank you!

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Sun, 03 Nov 2024 14:11:22 +0000

In reply to Abby. That's ok! Make the crust in a sheet pan and then crumble it and sprinkle it between the layers as you assemble.

By: Abby

Abby — Sat, 02 Nov 2024 20:18:37 +0000

I did not read the recipe correctly and I already made my chocolate cakes without the crust in the bottom. Can I make the crust separately and just attach it to the bottom of the chocolate cakes with a thin layer of frosting?

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 15:52:28 +0000

In reply to Madeline Rivard. I'm so sorry I didn't see this comment earlier! Did you give it a try?

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Thu, 31 Oct 2024 22:41:40 +0000

In reply to Amanda. Thank You so much!

By: Amanda

Amanda — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 12:45:49 +0000

This cake is just perfection! It has everything from amazing flavors to wow factor when you see it! Made it for my daughter’s 24th birthday and she loved it. I used coffee instead of water and followed the rest of the recipe as written. Worth the effort and very satisfying to make and see come together! One of the best cakes I have ever had/made! Thank you! First cake I have made of yours and I am looking forward to trying more!

By: Madeline Rivard

Madeline Rivard — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 06:19:31 +0000

Hi, this cake looks delicious and I want to do this cake for a halloween party, and thinking about replacing the fluff on top with a graveyard. I was thinking about doing a 2 layered cake, would there be a good fraction to divide the ingredients by for that?

By: Puck

Puck — Sat, 19 Oct 2024 00:00:39 +0000

The marshmallow layer was a stringy, oopy mess that oozed out the middle, and out the frosted sides of the cake (which ended up sliding massively). Also, it made SO MUCH, which felt like an incredible waste. Even though it acted like melted marshmallow (even over an hour later), it tasted more like buttercream – so I would have been better off to just spread the jarred fluff. The chocolate buttercream was more than needed too. I didn’t even bother with the fluff top since there was so much extra of everything else. Sadly, my son’s birthday cake turned out like a pile.

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Mon, 07 Oct 2024 21:42:53 +0000

In reply to Iliana Del Valle. This is the nicest message, thank you so much!

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 02 Oct 2024 21:49:44 +0000

When I went to bake my chocolate layers, my Graham cracker crust didn’t stay put, it’s mixed throughout my cake now. Any suggestions?

By: Iliana Del Valle

Iliana Del Valle — Mon, 30 Sep 2024 03:04:08 +0000

I have made this cake every summer for my bday cake, and until now I am starting to rate Courtney’s recipes, I am
So sorry…
Her chocolate cake to start is perfect! It is the best, I use to had Ina Garten’s one as favorite but this one for some reason is better, I do use Ina’s tip, instead of hot water I use hot espresso!

Courtney if you ever read me! I am a fan! I am from Mexico and your recipes are my go to! I have made all the biscoff, I am trying the pumpkin coffee cake this week! Already made the pumpkin pecan pie cake! Omg if some who is looking for good recipes
Is hesitating, don’t! This is the one place to find your perfect recipe!

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Fri, 27 Sep 2024 00:00:47 +0000

In reply to Mandy. It's hard to stack because it's tricky to put dowels through the graham cracker crust.

By: Mandy

Mandy — Mon, 16 Sep 2024 23:31:54 +0000

Can this be stacked for a two tier cake? I’m wondering if the marshmallow filling is stable enough.

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Wed, 11 Sep 2024 02:11:34 +0000

In reply to Lindsey. Of course!

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 16:12:01 +0000

Hi there, this cake looks delicious! Could it be made as a sheet cake? I’m thinking it’ll be perfect for my sister’s camping themed baby shower 🙂

By: Courtney Rich

Courtney Rich — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 15:31:12 +0000

In reply to Jane. About 18-20

By: Jane

Jane — Sat, 31 Aug 2024 15:39:16 +0000

How many people does it serve? I’m making it for a friends birthday party with approx. 24 guests.