The real life size version of your favorite Hostess Sno-Ball cakes. This tastes just like the original but is so much more fun! 
I shouldn’t love these so much, but Hostess cupcakes are/were/still-somewhat-are regarded as an integral part of my childhood. It’s sick, it’s terrible. I know. I’m over it. I just love them. Or is that loved? Semantics.
There was a systematic method to the madness of eating a SnoBall.
Step 1 :: Peeling off the coconutty marshmallow top.
Step 2 :: Eat the creme filled chocolate cake first.
Step 3 :: Devour the the coconut crusted mallow top last.
I was clearly a disturbed child.
The depths of my snacking depravity can be pin pointed in the chocolate and faux-conut flavors of this darn snack cake – it was always my dad’s and my favorite. He was just lucky enough to be visiting yesterday when I made this, so I made sure to send him home with a slice. I’m hoping it reminds him of those fun good ol’ days just like it did for me.
Instead of the rando colors, in ominous shades of green, blue or pink I wanted classic white. It’s winter, it’s almost Christmas and there are some things – even Sno-balls – that are sacrosaint and should look like, ya know, a snow ball. Even if its a snow ball with a chocolatey creme filled center.
For the cake, I morphed my all time favorite chocolate cupcake recipe from Manic Mother. I used this cupcake recipe in my Triple Irish Cupcakes a couple of years ago and this time I figured it had to be included in this bohemoth beauty. Kind of like Hostess cupcakes, every one secretly loves a boxed mix cake. This chocolate cake tastes identical, no foolin’, to a boxed cake – without the chemical after taste and heebie jeebies.
For the inside of the cake I went right to my trusted Cook’s Country magazine where they featured their recreation of this cake. I borrowed their filling and frosting recipe and put Manic Mother’s chocolate cupcake recipe to the test in real cake form. It was a cinch.
I’m in full on cake love here folks. Knock, knock – your childhood food sin is calling!!
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