By Sarah Holden, TheKitchn.com

Ding Dongs are a classic snack of little glazed chocolate cakes filled with a fluffy white frosting. While the original Hostess snack cakes were created in the 1960s, Ding Dong-inspired cakes have become increasingly popular in recent years.

My homemade Ding Dong cake is a slightly elevated play on the childhood favorite. In this recipe, rich chocolate cake is layered with a not-too-sweet creamy filling and generously slathered with fudgy chocolate ganache . The result is a balanced chocolate-

What is Ding Dong cake filling made of?

Usually known as ermine frosting (sometimes called flour frosting or boiled milk frosting ), the marshmallow-esque filling is an old-fashioned cooked frosting made of flour, milk and granulated sugar. The name is a nod to

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