rice krispie treat cake!

on saturday, blakey & i celebrated july 4th with our friends at an awesome cookout!  matt & elyse hosted the celebration & spent all day smoking ribs, pork butt, & chicken for us.  it was absolutely incredible!  so many of our friends joined in the fabulous day of food & fun.  & for our holiday dessert, i made a festive rice krispie treat cake.

rice krispie treat cake!

cake idea found on: pinterest

original cake idea: a subtle revelry

original rice krispie recipe: allrecipes - review by makeiteasy4me

for a three layer cake:

12 T butter

24 oz mini marshmallows

18 cups of rice krispies

{an ounce of rice krispies is about a cup,

so about 18 ounces}

1. in your biggest le creuset dutch oven, melt the butter over medium low heat, not allowing it to brown at all.  add the mini marshmallows & continue stirring until all of the marshmallows are melted & you have a lovely white smooth creation in front of you.  

2. turn off the heat.  add about a third of your rice krispies & stir until mostly combined.  add another third & stir.  add the final third & stir until completely combined.  this is a fabulous time to taste your creation!

3. prepare three 9" springform pans with non-stick cooking spray.  quickly so as the treats don't harden, evenly divide the rice krispie treats into the three pans, pushing the treats evenly into the pans & flattening out the tops.  when fully cool, pop the layers out of the pans.  

4. i used a honey cream cheese frosting to ice the cake, which tasted lovely with the treats.  i would certainly not recommend putting blueberries between the layers, as the weight was too much & the blueberries started to bleed.  all in all, a fun & tasty baking experiment!

love love,

kjp.