Giant Whoopie Pie Cake

I don't have a great picture of this giant whoopee cake, so I'm just making the one pic I have super big for you to make up for it haha!! Picture might not be great, but the cake certainly is!

Cake Ingredients:

• 1 1/2 cups butter, softened
• 5 eggs
• 1 T. unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 T. butter, melted
• 1 1/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
• 2 cups flour
• 1/4 cup buttermilk powder
• 1 t. baking powder
• 1 t. salt
• 1/2 t. baking soda
• 2 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
• 1 T. vanilla
• 1/2 teaspoon instant coffee crystals
• 1 cup water

• marshmallow filling (recipe follows)
• chocolate glaze (recipe follows)

Directions:

Allow the butter and eggs to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes. In a small bowl, make a paste of 1 T. cocoa powder and 1 T. melted butter. Coat 10" fluted tube pan with the paste; set aside. Preheat oven to 325'. 

For cake: In a medium bowl, stir together the 1 1/4 cups cocoa, flour, buttermilk powder, baking powder, salt and baking soda. Set aside. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter on medium to high speed for 30 seconds. Gradually add brown sugar, beating about 5 minutes or until light and fluffy. Beat in vanilla and coffee crystals. Add eggs, one at a time, beating 1 minute after each addition and scraping bowl frequently. Add one-third of the cocoa mixture and 1/2 cup of the water, beating on low speed just until combined. Repeat. Add remaining one-third of the cocoa mixture, beating about 30 seconds or until smooth. Spread batter in prepared pan.

Bake at 325' about 60 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove cake from pan; cool completely on wire rack. 

Split cake in half horizontally. Spread marshmallow filling on the bottom half of the cake, place top of cake over the filling. Drizzle chocolate glaze over the top of the cake. 

Makes 16 servings 

Marshmallow filling:

3/4 cup softened butter

7-oz. jar marshmallow creme

1 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1 1/2 t. vanilla.

In a large mixing bowl, beat all ingredients until smooth.

Chocolate Glaze:

1/4 cup whipping cream

1/3 cup semisweet chocolate pieces

In a small saucepan, heat cream over medium heat. Add chocolate pieces, heat and stir over low heat until melted and smooth.

NOTE: if you don't want to make the cake from scratch I'd just use your favorite chocolate cake mix! Also, I sprinkled chocolate chips on top of the glaze...just 'cuz. 

recipe from Midwest Living magazine 8/12