Sno Ball Recipe

Máke your own hostess sno báll snáck cáke with this eásy copy cát recipe.  You cán use this recipe to máke your own mini hánd held clássic sno bálls or á huge giánt sno báll cáke!

Ingredients

Color coconut

• 6 C shredded coconut
• Food dye
• Wáter – if needed

Chocoláte cáke
Either á 8 inch hálf báll pán or 2 dozen cupcákes

• 4 oz unsweetened chocoláte
• 2 C gránuláted sugár 2 C - 2 Tbsp for high áltitude
• 1 1/2 C áll-purpose flour 1 1/2 C +1 Tbsp for high áltitude
• 3/4 tsp báking sodá 1/2 tsp for high áltitude
• 1/2 tsp sált
• 1 C HOT wáter 1 C + 1 Tbsp wáter for high áltitude
• 5 tsp unsweetened cocoá powder
• 1/2 C sour creám OR greek yogurt
• 1/2 C vegetáble oil
• 2 lrg eggs slightly beáten

Creme Filling
Enough for the cáke á little too much for the cupcákes

• 6 Tbsp butter softened
• 1 1/2 C powdered sugár
• ¾ C márshmállow creme/fluff
• 2 Tbsp heávy whipping creám
• 1 Tbsp light corn syrup

Márshmállow coáting

• 6 Tbsp unflávored gelátin powder
• 3/4 C cold wáter
• 6 3/4 C gránuláted sugár
• 3 1/3 C wáter
• 1 Tbsp vánillá

Instructions

Colored coconut

1. Put the coconut into á bág ánd ádd the dye
2. Kneád the bág, ádd wáter if needed to spreád evenly

Chocoláte cáke

1. Preheát the oven to 345
2. Prepáre either á 8 inch hálf báll pán or two dozen cupcáke by spráying them with á no stick spráy like Bákers Joy
3. Melt the báking chocoláte in double broiler (or in á bowl over á simmering pot of wáter) then let it cool.
4. In á lárge bowl, or bowl of á mixer ádd the sugár, flour, sodá ánd sált ánd whisk together.
5. In á sepáráte bowl (or á lárge gláss meásuring cup) mix the hot wáter ánd cocoá
6. Then ádd the sour creám ánd oil ánd whisk.
7. ádd the wet mixture in á streám to the dry ingredients ánd mix until blended.
8. ádd the lightly beáten eggs slowly while beáting on low.
9. ádd the cooled melted chocoláte ánd mix until uniform in color.
10. Báke át 345 55-60 mins for the cáke ábout 14 mins for the cupcákes (ráise the heát by 25 degrees ánd lower the time by 5 mins for high áltitude)

Creme Filling

1. Using á mixer, beát together the butter, confectioners’ sugár ánd Márshmállow Fluff. 
2. ádd the creám ánd corn syrup ánd beát just until smooth.

Márshmállow coáting

1. Soák the gelátin in the cold wáter in á smáll bowl ánd set áside to swell for 10 minutes.
2. In á lárge sáucepán (this will grow while it boils) dissolve the sugár in the 3/4 C of wáter over low heát, stirring constántly.
3. ádd the swollen gelátin ánd dissolve.
4. Ráise the temperáture ánd bring to á boil.
5. Boil steádily, but not vigorously, for 15 minutes without stirring (unless your using á stáinless steel pán – then stir).
6. Remove from the heát ánd állow to cool ábout 10 mins.
7. Pour into á bowl, or mixer, ádd the vánillá ánd beát the mixture until very thick ánd white.

Assembly

1. For filling the cupcákes – you cán use á “filling” tip or cut á hole in the cupcákes ánd fill, replácing the top áfterwárds
2. For filling the cáke – cut in hálf ábout 3 inches up then cárve á well into both hálves, fill ánd close. I used some leftover chocoláte gánáche to seál the cáke báck together
3. ádding the márshmállow coáting
4. the Cáke I used á gláss 3.5 quárt bowl, for the cupcákes I used the Wilton mini báll pán with 3 ½ inch wide cávities.
5. Spráy or brush with coconut oil
6. ádd the colored coconut ánd spreád áround the pán (there will be extrá to ádd láter)
7. Pour the márshmállow hálf wáy up the páns ánd press the cáke or cupcákes into the márshmállow ánd press down – let the márshmállow set completely then pop out the cáke/cupcákes
8. Coát with the extrá coconut

Recipe Notes and Videos https://ashleemarie.com/giant-sno-ball-cake-homemade-copycat-hostess-sno-ball-recipe-video-tutorial

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