Korean Choco Pie (Marshmallow Cream Chocolate Cake)
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- Total time
- 50 min
- Level
- Medium
- Servings
- 6 servings
- Ingredients
- 8
About this dish
Two soft cocoa cake rounds, a layer of melted marshmallow, and a thin shell of dark chocolate rebuild Korea's convenience-store snack cake at home.
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Making it yourself means you pick the chocolate and decide how thick the marshmallow layer gets. The marshmallow, melted over a water bath, cushions the cake and stretches slightly when bitten. Chilled, the chocolate shell firms up with a light snap; at room temperature the whole pie turns softer.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Whisk 2 eggs with 110 g sugar until the mixture looks paler and slightly foamy.
Pour in 90 ml milk and the melted butter gradually, stirring slowly so the batter stays smooth instead of separating.
- 2
Sift in 120 g cake flour and 20 g cocoa powder.
Fold just until no dry streaks remain; stop before the batter turns heavy, because overmixing makes the cake rounds tough.
- 3
Spoon or pipe the batter into even small rounds and bake at 175C for a short time.
Remove them when the edges are set but the centers still feel moist, not dry or crisp.
- 4
Melt 140 g marshmallows over a water bath until sticky, glossy, and spreadable.
While warm, place the cream on one cake round and cover with a matching round, pressing lightly to keep the layer even.
- 5
Chill the assembled pies briefly so the filling firms and the shape stabilizes.
If the marshmallow squeezes out, the pieces can break during coating, so wait until they feel easy to lift.
- 6
Melt 220 g dark chocolate and mix in a little of the remaining butter to make the coating thinner and smoother.
Dip each pie, let the excess drip off, then chill until the shell sets cleanly.
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