Chocolate Marshmallow Cake

 

The ultimate chocolate cake. Slightly crispy on the outside, fudgy in the centre and covered in yumminess.

 

Ingredients

 

250g sugar

3 eggs

3 Tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

120g self raising flour

170g butter, softened

2 cups of marshmallows

 

For the icing

 

30g butter

250g icing sugar, sifted

15g unsweetened cocoa powder

1 tsp vanilla extract

2 Tbsp milk

 

Method

 

Either grease or line a deep 20cm cake tin. Pre heat oven to 175C/gas mark 4.

Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating for a minute after each addition.

Sift in the cocoa powder and flour together, add the vanilla extract and beat well.

Pour batter into tin and bake in the centre of the oven for 45 minutes, at this point cover the cake with marshmallows and return to the oven for the last 10 minutes.

Leave in the tin for 10 minutes then place on a wire rack to cool completely.

For the icing, mix all the ingredients together and spread over the top of the marshmallow cake.