Rice Krispy Treat Cake (Regular and Gluten-Free)

I made this cake when I hosted my friend Tamara's baby shower. She has celiac and so I had to find a cake that could be made gluten-free. (In fact, the whole shower was gluten-free!) This is what I found. I tried it as the original recipe says and then I made it gluten-free for the shower. It was a great success. The recipe comes from Martha Stewart Kids and can be found here. I just love how you can see the pretty chocolate layer in there. This one I gave as a treat to the activity days girls (my church calling) and they loved it!Rice Krispy Treat Cake (Regular)

Ingredients for Rice Krispy Treats:
16 cups crisp rice cereal
12 cups mini marshmallows
10 tablespoon unsalted butter, melted

Directions for Rice Krispy Treats:
Melt 10 tablespoons unsalted butter over low heat in a large saucepan. Add 12 cups mini marshmallows; stir until melted, about 10 minutes.
Stir in 16 cups (a 13 1/2-ounce box) crisp rice cereal.

Ingredients for cake:
Vegetable-oil cooking spray
Rice Krispy Treats (recipe above)
Chocolate-Marshmallow Frosting (recipe below)

Directions for cake:
Coat two 8-by-2-inch round cake pans with cooking spray. Prepare crisp-rice mixture; before pouring into pan, reserve 2 tablespoons for patching cake, and set aside, covered. Divide remaining crisp-rice mixture among prepared cake pans. Press into pans with greased fingers to level. Let cool until set, at least 30 minutes.
Run a knife around edges of cakes to loosen; unmold onto parchment paper.
While frosting is still warm, pour onto center of 1 cake layer, and spread evenly to edges. Let stand 10 minutes. Place second cake layer on top; press down gently. Using reserved pieces of crisp-rice mixture, patch edges where frosting is visible.
Top with chocolate ganache ( I just got a recipe from allrecipes.com). Let cake stand until firm enough to slice, at least 30 minutes or up to 2 hours. After 2 hours, wrap cake in plastic wrap to prevent it from getting too hard to slice.

Chocolate-Marshmallow Frosting
Ingredients:
Makes enough to fill 1 crisp-rice cake
1 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter
4 1/2 cups mini marshmallows (7 1/2 ounces)
3/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:
Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat. Add marshmallows; cook, stirring, until just beginning to melt. Add chocolate and stir until smooth.
Rice Krispy Treat Cake (Gluten-Free)

Everything is the same for the rice krispy treats except you use Cocoa Pebbles as they are gluten-free.
Instead of chocolate ganache, I used white chocolate that I tinted pink with red food coloring. There is no such thing as white chocolate ganache.
And instead of the chocolate-marshmallow frosting I used white chocolate instead of regular in the recipe and tinted that pink as well. Other than that it is the same recipe
It really did turn out nice as the theme was pink and brown. It was a big hit at the shower and it would be a great cake to make with the kids. Be sure to check out the Martha Stewart version on her website for ideas about making it with your kids.