Ding Dong Cake

This Copycat Hostess Ding Dong Cake recipe is a rich, decadent chocolate cake, with a creamy filling and chocolate ganache spread over the top!

I wish I could apologize for today’s chocolate insanity, but I’m not sorry. Sometimes you just need a little comfort food to get you through the day, the week, the month, the year. Am I right?

Growing up my mom would buy us Little Debbie snacks and Hostess snacks for our lunch boxes. We never knew what she would come home with, but I always got a little giddy when a box of Ding Dongs were in the cabinet. Tell me you remember these treats? Honestly, they tasted just like HoHo’s but a different shape.

Two layers or chocolate cake with a cream filling, all coated in chocolate.

Look familiar? Today’s Ding Dong Cake is just that, only….bigger!

Ingredients
FOR THE CAKE:

•  1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
•  1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
•  2 large eggs
•  1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
•  1/2 cup unsweetened dark chocolate cocoa powder
•  1/2 tsp kosher salt
•  1 tsp baking soda
•  1/2 tsp baking powder
•  1/2 cup strong brewed coffee, cooled
•  1/2 cup milk

FOR THE CREAM FILLING:

•  5 Tbsp all-purpose flour
•  1 cup milk
•  1 tsp vanilla extract
•  1 cup unsalted butter, softened
•  1 cup granulated sugar

FOR THE GANACHE:

•  1 bag (12 oz) semi-sweet chocolate morsels
•  1 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream

Instructions
FOR THE CAKE:

1. Spray two 9-inch cake pans with baking spray. Set aside. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. In a bowl, combine the flour, cocoa, salt, baking soda and baking powder. Set aside.
3. In a measuring cup, combine cooled coffee with milk*. Set aside.
4. ............................

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