WHOOPIE PIE BUNDT CAKE

WHOOPIE PIE BUNDT CAKE
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Ingredients:
1 1/2 cups butter, softened
5 eggs
1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon butter, melted
1 1/4 cups unsweetened cocoa powder
2 cups all-purpose flour (cake flour)
1/4 cup buttermilk powder
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
2 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla
1/2 teaspoon instant coffee crystals
1 cup water
Marshmallow Filling (recipe follows)
Chocolate Glaze (recipe follows)
Directions:
1. Allow the 1 1/2 cups butter and eggs to stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
In a small bowl, stir the 1 tablespoon melted butter and the 1 tablespoon cocoa powder together to form paste.
Brush inside of a 10-inch fluted tube pan with cocoa paste; set pan aside.
2. 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 with an electric mixer 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 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 well combined.
Repeat with another one-third of the cocoa mixture and the remaining 1/2 cup of the water, beating on low speed just until well combined.
Add the remaining one-third of the cocoa mixture, beating about 30 seconds or until smooth. Spread batter in the prepared pan.
3. Bake in a 325 degrees F oven about 60 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove cake from pan; cool thoroughly on wire rack.
4. Split cake in half horizontally. Set cake top aside. Spread Marshmallow Filling on the bottom half of cake.
Place cake top on Marshmallow Filling. Drizzle the Chocolate Glaze over the top of cake. Using a long serrated knife, cut cake into wedges.
Chocolate Glaze:
Ingredients
1/4 cup whipping cream
1/3 cup semisweet chocolate pieces (2 ounces)
Directions:
In a small saucepan, heat whipping cream over medium heat. Add semisweet chocolate pieces.
Heat and stir over low heat until chocolate is melted and smooth. Makes about 1/3 cup.
Marshmallow Filling:
Ingredients
3/4 cup butter, softened
1x 220gr jar marshmallow creme
1 1/2 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla
Directions:
In a large mixing bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.
Add marshmallow creme, powdered sugar and vanilla. Beat until smooth.
Bron: Mid West Living /Sherry Godsey Cates*Henriette Wessels