Making my wife a Ding Dong cake every year for her birthday, until she says it’s perfect.
I’ve made this for her for a few years now. After the first year she keeps requesting it. Definitely NOT a baker. This is the only thing I can make. This years was probably the best tasting ever!
Recipe is in the comments.
by SpacelyHotPocket
26 Comments
SpacelyHotPocket
Recipe is from Emmy Made
Ding Dong Cake A rich double-layered chocolate cake filled with a vanilla creme filled just like a Ding Dong. I slightly adapted iambaker’s https://iambaker.net/ding-dong-cake/ amazing recipe. Prep Time 1 hour hr Active Time 1 hour hr Cooling time 1 hour hr Total Time 3 hours hrs Course: DessertCuisine: AmericanKeyword: chocolate cake, dessert, Ding Dong, layered cake Yield: 8 Equipment stand mixer 2, 8 x 3 inch round cake pans parchment paper oven Materials Cake 1¾ C. all-purpose flour 2 C. sugar 3/4 C. dutch-processed cocoa powder 2 tsp. baking soda 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. Kosher salt 1 C. buttermilk at room temperature 1/2 C. vegetable oil 2 extra-large eggs at room temperature 2 tsp. vanilla extract 1 C. coffee Filling 1 C. milk 5 tbsp. all-purpose flour 1 tsp. vanilla extract 1 C. butter room temperature 1 C. sugar Ganache 2 C. semi-sweet chocolate chips 2 C. heavy cream Instructions Cake In the bowl of your stand mixer whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt. In another bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla. On low speed, add the wet ingredients to the dry. Slowly add the coffee and mix until just incorporated, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl. Divide the batter between two, 8 inch by 3 inch pans. Bake at 350˚F/180˚C for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool for 30 minutes before turning out. Filling In a small saucepan combine the milk and flour. Whisk well to ensure there are no lumps of flour. On medium-low heat whisk the mixture unitil it thickens to a pudding-like consistency. Remove from heat and add vanilla. Press a plastic wrap to the surface and allow to cool completely. Cream the butter and sugar together on medium speed, until light and fluffy, about 8 minutes. Add the cooled milk mixture and beat until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes. Ganache In a large bowl, add the chocolate chips. In a medium saucepan, heat the heavy cream to a low simmer. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate chips and let it rest for 3 minutes. Gently stir the chocolate and hot cream together until completely incorporated. The ganache should be glossy and smooth. If any lumps of chocolate remain, microwave for 30 seconds and stir well. Allow the ganache to cool for 30 minutes or until ganache has the consistency of pea soup. Cake Assembly Place a completely cooled cake layer on a plate or cake stand. Apply all of the frosting to the cake layer and use an offset spatula to spread it evenly. Add a second layer of cake, gently pressing it into the frosting. Smooth the sides of the cake, filing any gaps with frosting. Tuck pieces of parchment paper around the base of the cake. Slowly pour the ganache on the top of the cake and use an offset spatula to evenly coat the sides. After icing the cake remove the parchment paper to reveal a clean plate.
soembryonic
ooohhh this looks so tasty i have to try making this! thank u for sharing!
Every_Coyote3018
that’s a solid tradition, man. keep at it until she cedes defeat and declares it perfect!
Turbulent-Buy4489
We absolutely love Emmy!! Let us know what your wife says cause that looks fantastic!! 😮💨 Happy Birthday!! 🎉✨
Little_earthquake80
This looks delicious 👌
blueyhonda
Plot twist. It was perfect years ago but she’ll never admit it. Because, well… CAKE!
MarsupialOk7253
This looks amazing!!!!
PhxCuckGuy
That’s so awesome, and so sweet. Happy birthday to the Mrs.
Initial-Double6521
What’s her verdict
jaybee423
This is my love language!❤️ Happy Birthday to your wife.
No_Amount_7886
Where’s the foil wrapper?
😉
PansophicNostradamus
If you’re definitely “NOT” a baker, you could have fooled me. The fact that she keeps asking for it speaks volumes, too. Kudos on the cake and keep baking that love into it…Looks delicious!
nokkiya
The layers are so equal and perfect
ArtisanArdisson
This looks perfect to me. Also my birthday is next month…. 😉
nothingelsesufficed
Happy birthday to your wife! This is such a lovely gesture!
Real_Customer_2576
what’s in the filling layer?
nightowl_work
✈️✈️
softdreamiixx
that ding dong cake looks fire dude
Sensitive-Menu-4580
I stress baked a Ding Dong cake on the day of the election a couple years ago haha. Yours looks nicer than mine
priscosaurus
Put it in the fridge to cool before serving and then cover it in that hard shell chocolate stuff you dip ice cream cones in! That would make it more like that outer shell a ding dong has!
Maleficent-Bother535
Ding dong cake obviously needs to contain a ding dong to be perfect.
saltbeh2025
The first photo appears magazine worthy so i think you perfected it.
tireddoc1
r/Baking equivalent of chives guy
TangibleHappiness
You have created the King Dong, ruler of all Ding Dongs. May his creamy filling bless us all.
26 Comments
Recipe is from Emmy Made
Ding Dong Cake
A rich double-layered chocolate cake filled with a vanilla creme filled just like a Ding Dong. I slightly adapted iambaker’s https://iambaker.net/ding-dong-cake/ amazing recipe.
Prep Time
1 hour hr
Active Time
1 hour hr
Cooling time
1 hour hr
Total Time
3 hours hrs
Course: DessertCuisine: AmericanKeyword: chocolate cake, dessert, Ding Dong, layered cake Yield: 8
Equipment
stand mixer
2, 8 x 3 inch round cake pans
parchment paper
oven
Materials
Cake
1¾ C. all-purpose flour
2 C. sugar
3/4 C. dutch-processed cocoa powder
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. Kosher salt
1 C. buttermilk at room temperature
1/2 C. vegetable oil
2 extra-large eggs at room temperature
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 C. coffee
Filling
1 C. milk
5 tbsp. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 C. butter room temperature
1 C. sugar
Ganache
2 C. semi-sweet chocolate chips
2 C. heavy cream
Instructions
Cake
In the bowl of your stand mixer whisk together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt.
In another bowl, whisk together the buttermilk, vegetable oil, eggs, and vanilla.
On low speed, add the wet ingredients to the dry. Slowly add the coffee and mix until just incorporated, scraping the sides and bottom of the bowl.
Divide the batter between two, 8 inch by 3 inch pans. Bake at 350˚F/180˚C for 30-40 minutes or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean. Cool for 30 minutes before turning out.
Filling
In a small saucepan combine the milk and flour. Whisk well to ensure there are no lumps of flour. On medium-low heat whisk the mixture unitil it thickens to a pudding-like consistency.
Remove from heat and add vanilla. Press a plastic wrap to the surface and allow to cool completely.
Cream the butter and sugar together on medium speed, until light and fluffy, about 8 minutes.
Add the cooled milk mixture and beat until light and fluffy, about 5 minutes.
Ganache
In a large bowl, add the chocolate chips.
In a medium saucepan, heat the heavy cream to a low simmer. Pour the hot cream over the chocolate chips and let it rest for 3 minutes.
Gently stir the chocolate and hot cream together until completely incorporated. The ganache should be glossy and smooth. If any lumps of chocolate remain, microwave for 30 seconds and stir well.
Allow the ganache to cool for 30 minutes or until ganache has the consistency of pea soup.
Cake Assembly
Place a completely cooled cake layer on a plate or cake stand.
Apply all of the frosting to the cake layer and use an offset spatula to spread it evenly. Add a second layer of cake, gently pressing it into the frosting. Smooth the sides of the cake, filing any gaps with frosting.
Tuck pieces of parchment paper around the base of the cake.
Slowly pour the ganache on the top of the cake and use an offset spatula to evenly coat the sides.
After icing the cake remove the parchment paper to reveal a clean plate.
ooohhh this looks so tasty i have to try making this! thank u for sharing!
that’s a solid tradition, man. keep at it until she cedes defeat and declares it perfect!
We absolutely love Emmy!! Let us know what your wife says cause that looks fantastic!! 😮💨 Happy Birthday!! 🎉✨
This looks delicious 👌
Plot twist. It was perfect years ago but she’ll never admit it. Because, well… CAKE!
This looks amazing!!!!
That’s so awesome, and so sweet. Happy birthday to the Mrs.
What’s her verdict
This is my love language!❤️ Happy Birthday to your wife.
Where’s the foil wrapper?
😉
If you’re definitely “NOT” a baker, you could have fooled me. The fact that she keeps asking for it speaks volumes, too. Kudos on the cake and keep baking that love into it…Looks delicious!
The layers are so equal and perfect
This looks perfect to me. Also my birthday is next month…. 😉
Happy birthday to your wife! This is such a lovely gesture!
what’s in the filling layer?
✈️✈️
that ding dong cake looks fire dude
I stress baked a Ding Dong cake on the day of the election a couple years ago haha. Yours looks nicer than mine
Put it in the fridge to cool before serving and then cover it in that hard shell chocolate stuff you dip ice cream cones in! That would make it more like that outer shell a ding dong has!
Ding dong cake obviously needs to contain a ding dong to be perfect.
The first photo appears magazine worthy so i think you perfected it.
r/Baking equivalent of chives guy
You have created the King Dong, ruler of all Ding Dongs. May his creamy filling bless us all.
You’re the ding dong she wants
Literally my dream birthday cake. So nostalgic 😩