Recipe courtesy of Food Network Kitchen
From:
Food Network Magazine
Campfire Cake
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- Level: Intermediate
- Total: 45 min
- Active: 45 min
- Yield: 10 to 12 servings
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- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 12 servings
- Calories
- 858
- Total Fat
- 35 g
- Saturated Fat
- 18 g
- Carbohydrates
- 136 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 99 g
- Protein
- 7 g
- Cholesterol
- 91 mg
- Sodium
- 427 mg
- Level: Intermediate
- Total: 45 min
- Active: 45 min
- Yield: 10 to 12 servings
-
- Nutritional Analysis
- Per Serving
- Serving Size
- 1 of 12 servings
- Calories
- 858
- Total Fat
- 35 g
- Saturated Fat
- 18 g
- Carbohydrates
- 136 g
- Dietary Fiber
- 3 g
- Sugar
- 99 g
- Protein
- 7 g
- Cholesterol
- 91 mg
- Sodium
- 427 mg
Ingredients
For the cake and flames:
For the frosting:
Directions
- Pulse the cookies in a food processor to make coarse crumbs. Transfer all but 1/2 cup crumbs to a bowl. Pulse the remaining crumbs until fine; add the 1/4 cup confectioners' sugar and pulse. Transfer the fine crumbs to a separate bowl.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil. Sprinkle the red and butterscotch candies into a 7-by-10-inch rectangle, alternating colors as shown.
- Bake the candies until completely melted, 10 to 15 minutes. Immediately run a knife through the yellow candy to swirl it into the red (be careful-the candy will be very hot). Let cool completely on the baking sheet.
- Meanwhile, make the frosting: Wipe out the food processor (no need to wash it). Add the butter, confectioners' sugar, melted chocolate, cocoa powder, milk and vanilla and pulse until smooth.
- Trim the long top and bottom edges of the pound cakes with a paring knife to make them rounded.
- Spread the frosting over the pound cakes, making sure to cover the rounded undersides (leave the ends exposed to resemble cut logs).
- Sprinkle the coarse cookie crumbs on a platter. Place 1 cake on the crumbs, then run a fork through the frosting to create the texture of bark. Rest the second cake at an angle on top; repeat with the fork.
- Sift the fine cookie crumb mixture over the logs to look like ash.
- Snap the candy sheet into different-size shards; press the shards into the lower cake to create the flames.
