cake: burnt honey s'mores

with a toasted marshmallow anglaise.

Brown butter burnt honey cake rippled with a chocolate mascarpone cream, topped with generous amounts of toasted marshmallow anglaise. This is a cake that is best served while everything is warm. It’s toasty, it’s comforting, and a lovely transitional dessert into early Fall.

Exploring the versatility of cakes, and specifically single layer cakes with custard or creamy elements (sans frosting) has been giving me…so. much. life. I’ve strayed from cakes for the last few years (too long), and working on this cake recipe series has really sparked so many ideas surrounding what a cake even is to begin with, and what a cake can become.

I plan to lean into cakes even further these next few months, exploring yeast raised cakes, more custard filled cakes, and (time willing) fermented cakes. Imagine a sourdough Olympic Chocolate Muffin recipe? Already obsessed.