Marshmallows. Malt. Heavenly moist chocolate cake. Thus was my Saturday.

I knew this was going to be a time investment. Layer cakes aren’t as simple as bake and frost; this cake also had more layers than the typical layer cake I’m used to. The recipe originally was for six layers of cake – mine turned out to be only four, and it was perfect. I made no adjustments to the recipe.

The cakes themselves were perfect. I used 8″ pans and everything was pretty level to begin with. Torting them was really easy with my cake leveler, and the leftovers from leveling made a great snack. The hardest part of the whole endeavor was making the marshmallow filling. (more…)