One Bowl Whiskey Chocolate Fudge Cake.
The quickest way to trash up an otherwise lovely chocolate fudge cake?
No. Not booze.
(Surprisingly.)
Cereal marshmallows. Straight outta the box.
Outta. Not a word at all, one I’m even embarrassed to type. But that’s how they came. Right outta the box. I probably feel okay writing that out because in the last three months I’ve had more horrifically humiliating typos than in the last three years. Where is my brain?
Also, let’s talk about the stares I got when buying two family sized boxes of lucky charms at the grocery store last week. Like I was gonna eat them all myself. Don’t judge me!
I don’t know WHY I did this again. I mean, yes I do. Last year I made boozy lucky charms milkshakes (after failing miserably at making lucky charms pancakes) and I looked at the photos two weeks ago and got all giddy over the colorful marshmallows. They are so pastel-y and pretty, aren’t they?
Even if Eddie does think that they taste like styrofoam and squeak beneath your teeth. Whatever.
So you don’t NEED the marshmallows. They are truly just for holiday décor. And for my inner seven year old. If you’d rather be classy and just serve a chocolate cake smothered in a thick layer of ganache? Be my guest. I think we know you have a lot more class than I do.
But wait. Can you imagine if lucky charm marshmallows were GLITTERY? My brain just exploded.
I personally love the marshmallows – as in, love so much that I was absolutely the kid that ate all the marshmallows out of the box then stuck the box back in the pantry for my unsuspecting (and excited) brothers.
This sort of felt like that? I think you can order bags of just marshmallows (oh look! you can!) but since I tend to be more of the fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants type of recipe gal, I had no time for that. Hence buying two of the biggest boxes I could find (no, really, they were huge) and sitting at the counter picking out the pretty little things.
One marshmallow for the bowl. One for my mouth.
[also, these boxes had so many weirdly (is that a word?) colored hat marshmallows inside. since where is there an orange hat? a purple hat? AND a yellow hat? there certainly was a lack of rainbows. even compared to last year! the rainbows are the best ones. obviously.]
The fudgy ganache on the top of this cake is insane. It’s spiked with Irish cream! The cake and ganache itself is definitely enough, but once you see it topped with colorful gems, can you even resist? I might just start putting these things on top of all my food. Can you say lucky charms kale chips?
No. We can’t.
One Bowl Fudgy Whiskey Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup hot coffee
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup buttermilk
- 1/4 cup irish whiskey
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 4 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chopped
chocolate ganache frosting
- 10 ounces semi-sweet chocolate, chopped
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 1/4 cup bailey’s irish cream
- lucky charms marshmallows for toppng
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease an 8×8 inch pan with butter and set aside. In a measuring cup, whisk the hot coffee and butter until the butter melts, then set it aside until ready to use.
- In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, buttermilk, whiskey and vanilla extract. Stir in the sugar, flour, cocoa, baking powder, soda and salt. Once it’s about halfway mixed, pour in the coffee/butter mixture and stir until you have a smooth batter. Stir in the chopped chocolate. Pour the batter into the greased pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until the cake is just set in the middle. Let cool completely before frosting.
chocolate ganache frosting
- Place the chocolate in a bowl. Heat the heavy cream and irish cream in a small saucepan over low heat until it just bubbles around the edges. Pour the cream over the chocolate and let it sit for a minute, then stir continuously until the chocolate melts into the cream and comes together. Let sit for one hour at room temperature, then spread the ganache all over the cake. It will be THICK! Top with the marshmallows if desired. If you make the cake ahead of time (like the night before or morning of), add the marshmallows right before serving – in which case you may need to press them into the ganache so they hold. The marshmallows will stay crunchy for about 4 to 6 hours – after that they start to soften a bit.
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90 Comments on “One Bowl Whiskey Chocolate Fudge Cake.”
Um, I’m a guy and still think you need those marshmallows on top. This cake looks really really good, like that afternoon pick-me-up when I’m playing my students at Ping Pong (please don’t judge gym teachers here.) Can I convince the wife to make this for me and my co-workers, I think so.
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That does look like a cake dream! I love how you put Irish whiskey in the batter and ganache, I am certain it would be outstanding!
That bite. OMG!!! happy Friday to ME!!! Jessica, you have no idea how excited this recipe makes me. Cake, chocolate, whiskey, baileys, neon colored marshmallows shaped like leprachaun hats?! YES please! It’s the perfecttttt cake for St Patty’s weekend. We will feast! :)
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Just in time for the St Patrick’s Day parade In Boston!
Give me my Lucky Charms! (and an Irish whiskey!)
Ha! Ha! I think any seven year old would squeal with delight the minute their eyes caught sight of this whimsical cake. But I have to agree with Eddie that these itty bitty marshmallows do sort of resemble packing material (ahh. . .a good use of the leftovers). But who cares! They look so darn fun and isn’t that what Saint Paddy’s Day is all about?
This is amazing! I can not wait to make this and finishing it off with some edible glitter. I can’t believe you don’t have any!? :)
Whoah! Yum can’t describe this cake! I’ll definitely have to leave the whiskey out to keep it legal ;)
I love how you topped them with lucky charms marshmallows! I love those marshmallows too – I used to eat all the cereal first, and save all the marshmallows for the last ❤
munchies&musings
I think I just found my birthday cake. For realz. YUM.
You had me at one bowl! For that reason I might just make one whole cake for my hubby and one whole cake for me. Two bowl whiskey chocolate fudge cakes. Works for me. ;)
I seriously am about to die — this is one gooooooooooooooooooood recipe … seriously, magically delicious ;)
That looks awesome! Did you know you could buy just the marshmallow bits alone? I had no idea until this week and now…I’m a little sorry I possess that knowledge.
Boozy cake + Lucky Charms marshmallows…my everything! I just bought a box of Lucky Charms at Target and they are all for me. My family is not a fan. I always have a box in the pantry tho for emergency marshmallow situations. I need this cake! I’ve used “outta” when I am really excited about something. It just happens! But I cannot and will not use “ain’t”, I loathe that word immensely.
Oh all of the yeses! Just looking at this makes me happy!
Boozy cake, spiked ganache? Sign me up! Definitely saving this recipe, it sounds like a dream.
whiskey and chocolate – count me in!! I love your craziness. You pulled out all of those marshmallows from the cereal?? :-D
My husband would be the happiest man alive if I made this for him! Gosh! It sounds so good!
Oh. WOW. Those look amazing! I think you can buy bags of just the marshmallows online somewhere! Thank god for online shopping – no judging stares at all :)
Holy WOW! I am dying over this!
Killing. Me. I gained 5lbs just reading this post and now I have to make it, too. Gah.
HA! I’m totally with Eddie on the ‘they are like squeak beneath your teeth’ feeling! But I love these all the same!
I fully support this idea. Definitely a “trashed-up” cake! I never knew you could buy just marshmallows…you learn something every day I guess! :)
Picking marshmallows out of the box sounds splendid. TOTALLY all over that! And this cake in general…yum!
I literally felt my heart SKIP A BEAT when you GLITTER on the Lucky Charms marshmallows. That would be like GOLD.
Also, I laughed really loud at the Lucky Charms kale chips comment. LOVE!!!
ok you are crazy and i love it. i love this cake and i love marshmallows. this is amazing.
I’m a whiskey gal, and a chocolate gal, so this dish is right up my alley :) There has GOT to be a way to find those marshmallows by themselves right? But where? Thanks for sharing <3
xx L
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This is just great! My inner child screaming with glee and my hips are begging me to stop before I start. I’m smitten with this cake!
heheheh… I can say Lucky Charms Kale Chips and Irish Whiskey all in one mouthful. and then i can wash it down with a bite of that super chocolatey cake :)
Oh how I LOVE Lucky Charms!!!!!! My 8 year old daughter begs me to get them at the store. I just can’t. I will eat the whole box in 1 day (more like 1 hour). These look YUMMY!
I love that you created this recipe!! A few years ago I was house sitting for a family that had young children. I discovered they had lucky charms in their pantry. I started by picking out a few marshmallows…..in no time I had picked out all of them. I bought a new box to replace it. Well, in a few days I had done it again. I ended up replacing it 3x before the end of the 2 weeks. I just can’t have them in my home. I want a piece of this cake, or two or three LOL!!!
hahaha this cracked me up!!
You can buy them all alone at nuts.com – just search for Marshmallow Bits.
UMMMM WHAT. Making these asap. The marshmallows are 100% a necessity! :)
Uhhh… You really got my attention there!!! Looks soon yummy!!! I really do like your page setup and pictures!! Well done!! hugs from http://www.ohhappydane.com
omg omg omg. This is amazing!!!
And I’m glad I’m not the only one that spends ages separating the marshmallows from the cereal… I mean, they’re the best part.
But those orange hats? Weird.
This cake is amazing. I was drooling at the chocolate and then realized that there was more to come. Lucky Charms Marshmallows! My favorite was picking them out of the cereal box as a kid. :D
Our grocery sells backs of the Lucky Charms marshmallows separately.
The marshmallows from the lucky charms box are way prettier than any ones that you can buy separately…have to have cake…now!
So I clicked on the link for the Lucky Charms marshmallows only bag and skimmed through the reviews out of curiosity. The first review is pretty funny. You should check it out!
omg – HA!!! i didn’t even notice!
Is this even legal? Smooth chocolate fudge topped with adorable marshmallow? I am drooling just looking at the photos… =P
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Bah! Obsessed! I was the same way with the marshmallows accept I would eat around them in my cereal bowl and then eat them all at once all soggy and delicious. :)
This cake though…I NEED to make it! Looks glorious!
Hey Jessica looks very ooey ang gooey! Save me a piece please JKLOL. yEAH brownies and marshmallow heavenly!!!!!!!!!!1
LUCKY CHARMS MARSHMALLOWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay, sorry about that. One of my favs. Always. These are calling me.
OK but really why would anyone make these WITHOUT the marshmallows?
Holy chocolate! This cake looks outta this world (see what I did there?).
I can see why your husband thinks the marshmallows taste like styrofoam, but that weird texture is part of the appeal to me! Why else would anybody buy Lucky Charms but for the artificially flavored/colored marshmallow goodness?!
Chocolate ganache frosting AND marshmallows?!!! This sugar rush is really the only appropriate way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
These look amazing!!!! I am so making these!
Kari
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Not crazy at all. Apparently you can buy those marshmallows in bulk
http://www.cerealmarshmallows.com/pictures.aspx
It kind of looks like a wall of drugs.
I would seriously devour this. Right outta the pan :p
This is how my husband would justify to eat cake every single day!
Whiskey and chocolate and cereal marshmallows. Amazing. And covers all the food groups!