Dandies marshmallow ghost cake

A few months back when I heard the announcement that Chicago Soy Dairy would be making jet puffed vegan marshmallows, I already knew the first thing I would be baking with them. Marshmallows are the one thing that I have missed since I was a vegetarian. I love the sugary flavor, the soft texture and especially the taste when roasted over a flame. As a teenager, when I discovered marshmallows had gelatin in them, I was honestly devestated. Since then, I’ve made my own marshmallows with the kit from Angel Food and indulged in the true confection that is Sweet and Sarah’s marshmallows.

Last Halloween, when I was planning spooky desserts to make, I came across this cake decorated with miniature ghosts. Sadly, the adorably constructed ghosties were made out of marshmallows and it was really only their cylindrical shape that gave them their ghostly appearance. I was not pleased with how my homemade marshmallows turned out, otherwise I would have made another stab at creating cylindrical ones myself. Instead I found myself making  ridiculous frosting ghost cupcakes.When I heard about Dandies I was exstatic. Not only do I have another vegan marshmallow option, but I could finally fulfill my dream of making a ghost cake.

I wanted a dark cake so I baked up a chocolatey coffee cake. I topped the bottom layer with a few Dandies just to see how they would bake. They puffed up in the oven and turned a beautiful golden brown. Though I had initially made a vanilla frosting go to go with it, I used so much to cover the cake that I had to top it off with some left over cookies and cream frosting. I then made my little ghost friends by sticking the Dandies on toothpicks and frosting their heads with vanilla frosting. The cake turned out amazingly. It was decadent with a contrast of rich chocolate and coffee with vanilla and cookies. My favorite part was the Dandies baked in to the center. Not only did it taste great, but it looked awesome; a perfect combination of spooky and cute.

We were so excited about the cake, Shawn made a little animation from it full of cute Dandies ghosts. I love it! I also had a ton of fun roasting these guys with a creme brulee torch (as we have an electric oven and no burners).

Vegan Ghost Cake from Shawn Bannon on Vimeo.

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13 Responses to “Dandies marshmallow ghost cake”
  1. Glauce says:

    Of course you had to be excited, this cake is amazing and look so delicious!

  2. Celine says:

    best thing ever!

  3. Vegyogini says:

    The ghost cake looks cute AND delicious! 😉 What an exciting way to use your Dandies.

  4. Foodeater says:

    So darn cute, I want to eat their heads off!

  5. quarrygirl says:

    this ghost cake is the coolest thing i’ve ever seen. haha, how did you ever eat it? it’s too cute to destroy!

    • miss alix says:

      the funny thing is shawn definitely said he felt guilty eating the cake because it was like killing the little ghosts!

  6. Lex says:

    that ghost cake is the greatest thing ever!!!

  7. foresmac says:

    Wow, that looks delicious. I can’t wait until CSD gets Dandies in at retail.

  8. Nora says:

    I like REALLY can’t handle how cute this cake is. it’s killing me

  9. Candace Green says:

    that cake looks INSANE!! I ill be trying my own version for sure! WHat did you use for the ghost eyes??

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