There were things to consider however. As described, the cake was a full sheet cake, and other cake eating instances in the office had shown me that cutting and serving cake could be difficult. In an office without a proper kitchen, the lack of real knives was definitely an obstacle. There was also the plate and fork issue. It seemed simplest to adapt the recipe to cupcakes, which would solve all of these problems in their single serving nature.
And so, I made cake. Heavenly Hash is chocolate cake, a layer of marshmallow, and a layer of dense frosting. While you can cheat and use cake mix for the cake, you can't cheat on the frosting. Canned frosting is only vaguely related to the real thing, and the real thing makes all the difference.
Ingredients:
1 box chocolate cake mix
1 1/3 cup coffee
1/2 cup oil
3 eggs
48 jumbo marshmallows
4 oz unsweetened chocolate
3 cups powdered sugar
1 stick butter
milk
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 and line muffin tin with cupcake liners. Mix together the cake mix, coffee, oil, and eggs and beat until smooth. Put 1 to 2 tablespoons batter into the cupcake wells, or until they look about a third full. You want to leave room for the marshmallow and the frosting. Bake the cupcakes for 15-20 minutes. It's ok if they're a little underdone.
Remove the cupcakes from the oven, place marshmallow on each one, and put the tin back in the oven for 2 minutes. Remove again, and with a spoon, squish your marshmallows until they cover the cupcakes completely.
Mix up your frosting. Melt the chocolate and the butter together, then beat in the sugar, adding the milk as needed to smooth out the consistency. Top the cupcakes with the frosting, covering them as much as possible.
Note: Sorry about the blurry picture. My camera isn't that great and I'm thinking of getting a new one. Suggestions?
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