Devils Food Cake with Marshmallow frosting

Submitted By:
Col


No. of Servings:
8-10 Preparation time:
20min(s) Course:
Dessert Cooking time:
35min(s) Cooking Instructions:
Preheat oven to 180C, 350F, Gas4. Grease cake tins, then dust with flour and shake off any excess.

Whisk together the boiling water and cocoa in a medium bowl until smooth. Let cool until it is at room temperature. When it is cool, beat together the eggs vanilla extract and 75ml of the cocoa mixture.

Sift the flour, salt and bicarbonate of soda into the bowl of an electric mixer and stir in the sugar. Mix on a low speed for 30 seconds, then add the margarine and the remaining cocoa liquid. Mix on low speed then turn up to medium and beat for 1 ½ Minutes add the egg mixture in 3 batches, beating each one for 30 seconds. Don?t over beat or the cake will become heavy. Scrape mixture into the cake tins and smooth the surfaces.

Put the cakes into the middle of the oven. Bake for 25-30mins or until the skewer inserted into the cake comes out clean. Let cook in tins for 10 minutes then turn out onto wire racks.

To make frosting, put 6 tablespoons water and all ingredients except vanilla extract in a large glass bowl. Put the bowl over a saucepan of simmering water (the bottom of the bowl shouldn't touch the water). Beat with electric whisk on high speed for 7 minutes. Remove from the heat, add the vanilla extract and beat for 2 minutes more, until stiff and glossy.

Put 1 cake on a plate. Secure the cake with a bit of frosting underneath. Top with about 1/2cup of the frosting. Place 2nd cake on top frost the sides and finish with the top. Use back of spoon to create peaks in the frosting