Do you love campfires and smores? This Gooey Smores Cake is an actual smore that is made ahead time indoors with a graham cracker cake like crust. This cake is so good we can’t stop eating it!
A thick chocolate layer really brings out that smores taste and makes Gooey Smores Cake the perfect, easy cake to make all year around.
Smores Cake
This cake tastes just like a smore, right off the campfire. So whether you eat this Smores Cake at the campground or at your kitchen table in the middle of the winter it’s a tried and true winner! We love sitting around the fire and enjoying smores, but we don’t take the time to do that as much as we should.
Just like our Easy S’mores Bars which are more of a cookie bar than a cake, I can definitely make both of these recipes much more quickly than I can build a fire! So perfect smores are now within reach any time of the year!
My family’s favorite part of this Smores Cake is the THICK layer of chocolate. Four Hershey’s 4.4 oz chocolate bars fit almost perfectly in the pan. Each time we’ve made this cake we had a couple extra pieces of chocolate that we had to figure out what to do with. So in our minds, the XL Hershey bars are a perfect fit in a 9×13″ dish because we get a couple pieces to snack on while the cake bakes.
If gooey cakes are your thing you’re sure to love our Chocolate Gooey Butter Cake and Gooey Butter Cake too!
Easy 9×13 Smores Cake
This easy recipe makes a big smore bar that can be easily cut up into any size pieces to serve. I’m confident you’ll want more than one piece though!
Mix up the cake batter and spread half of it in the greased baking dish. Add a layer of chocolate bars. Then layer with a large container of marshmallow fluff. Top with remaining dough and bake. If you want every square of smores to be perfectly uniform then make each of the ingredients is spread evenly edge to edge. If you just want to enjoy a big smore quickly add the ingredients and pause only to savor the amazing taste of your own piece of Gooey Smores Cake.
Thanks so much to my friend Chef Alli who gave me this recipe. She has so many amazing recipes, but this Gooey Smores Cake is my favorite so far!
How to Make a Gooey Smores Cake
- Preheat oven to 350º F.
- In a large mixing bowl beat butter and sugars.
- Add egg and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy.
- Combine dry ingredients with graham cracker crumbs and add to butter mixture.
- Press half dough into a greased 9×13 baking dish.
- Arrange 4 chocolate bars evenly over the dough.
- Spread the marshmallow fluff evenly over the entire pan.
- Crumble the remaining dough into small pieces over marshmallow fluff.
- Baking for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown and puffed
Other Delicious and Easy 9 x 13 Inch Desserts:
- Smores Dessert Cake
- Peanut Butter S’mores Cake
- Cinnamon Applesauce Cakes
- The Best Cake Recipe
- Gooey Butter Cake
- Box Mix Turtle Cake
- Chocolate Delight
- Easy Pistachio Pudding Cake
Printable Recipe for Gooey Smores Cake
Gooey Smores Cakes
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 2 2/3 cups flour
- 3/4 teaspoon koshor salt
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs
- 4 XL Hershey bars 4.4 ounce size
- 16 ounce marshmallow fluff
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl beat butter and sugars. Add egg and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy.
- In a separate mixing bowl, combine dry ingredients with graham cracker crumbs; add to butter mixture and mix until well combined.
- Divide dough in half and press one half into a greased 9×13 baking dish.
- Place 3 chocolate bars over the dough, laying them side by side, then cut the remaining chocolate bar into 4 lengthwise strips. Place these chocolate strips into the open areas around edges of the whole chocolate bars already in the baking dish.
- Spread the marshmallow fluff evenly over the entire pan.
- Crumble the remaining dough into small pieces over marshmallow fluff; pat down gently after crumbling. Baking cake in a preheated oven, uncovered, on the center rack and bake for 30-35 minutes or until golden brown and puffed.
Equipment
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This looks delicious! I bet my kids would love it!
I made these as a 4th of July dessert and it was loved by everyone! I didn’t have marshmallow fluff so I used mini marshmallows which turned out great too. Thanks for a great recipe! I will be making this again in the near future.
So glad to hear this! Thanks for letting me know!
Can I make this the night before? Should I do everything up until baking and keep in fridge or will it be ok cold?
Hey! Great question! This cake can definitely be made a day ahead of time. We have left it out on the counter for 2-3 days before, but putting it in the refrigerator is a great idea too. Hope you enjoy!