Mocha Melted Ice Cream Cake With Chocolate Marshmallow Frosting

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 16
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) box plain cake mix
• 2 cups coffee ice cream, melted
• 3 large eggs (or 3/4 cup egg substitute)
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee powder (or espresso powder)
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 3/4 cup marshmallow creme
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/4 cup whole milk
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Recipe

• 1 place rack in center of oven and preheat to 350 degrees fahrenheit.
• 2 lightly mist a 12-cup bundt pan with vegetable oil spray, then dust with flour. shake out excess flour and set pan aside.
• 3 place cake mix, melted ice cream, eggs and coffee powder in large mixing bowl.
• 4 blend with electric mixer on low speed for 1 minute. stop machine and scrape down sides of bowl with rubber spatula. increase mixer speed to medium and beat 2-3 minutes more, scraping down sides again if necessary. the batter should look thick and well-combined.
• 5 pour batter into prepared pan, smoothing it out with rubber spatula.
• 6 bake cake until it springs back when lightly pressed with your finger and is just starting to pull away from the sides of the pan, 40-45 minutes.
• 7 remove pan from oven and place on wire rack to cool for 20 minutes.
• 8 run a long, sharp knife around edge of cake and invert it onto rack to cool completely, 20 minutes more.
• 9 meanwhile as the cake cools, prepare the chocolate marshmallow frosting: sift confectioner's sugar and cocoa powder together into a large mixing bowl. set bowl aside.place marshmallow creme, butter and milk in a medium-size heavy saucepan over medium-low heat. stir until the butter and marshmallow creme have melted, 2-3 minutes. remove the pan from the heat. pour the sugar cocoa mixture over the marshmallow mixture. add 1 tsp vanilla and stir until frosting is smooth and satiny. makes 1 1/2 cups.
• 10 when the cake is completely cooled, slide the cake onto a serving platter, and pour the warm frosting over the cake. let the cake rest for 10 minutes before slicing.