S’mores Cake

For the cake:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Spray two 9” cake pans with cooking spray and dust with flour.

Add all of the dry ingredients (flour through salt in the cake section) to a mixing bowl fitted with a paddle attachment. Add the rest of the ingredients, (eggs through vanilla extract) to the bowl. Mix on medium speed for 2 minutes. Cake batter will be very liquidy at first, keep speed low as to not slosh the batter around, then gradually increase the speed.

Divide cake batter evenly between the two pans. Rap each pan on the counter once or twice to pop any air bubbles that may have formed. Bake cakes for 20 minutes, then rotate pans and bake another 15 minutes. Cakes are done when a cake tester comes out clean. Remove from oven, cool for 5 minutes in pans, then remove cakes from pans and let cool completely on a wire rack.

For the frosting:
Melt butter in the microwave, for about 30 seconds on high, the pour it into a mixing bowl. Stir in the cocoa powder. Combine the milk and the vanilla extract in a small bowl. With mixer on low alternate adding some of the powdered sugar and some of the milk into the frosting mixture. You want to start with the powdered sugar, then milk, powdered sugar, milk, and end with powdered sugar. Mix until frosting is at a spreadable consistency. You might need to add more milk if frosting is too thick.

For the topping:
Line a baking sheet with foil and spray it with cooking spray. Place 16 marshmallows on the baking sheet and broil on HIGH until tops are golden. Flip marshmallows over and toast the other sides. This only takes a few minutes and marshmallows will burn quickly, so keep a close eye on them.

To assemble cake:

Place one layer of chocolate cake on serving plate. Place toasted marshmallows on top of the cake layer. Take the second cake layer and spread a layer of frosting all along the bottom side of the cake. Crumble 1 sheet of graham crackers over the frosted side of cake. Place frosted side of cake layer on top of the toasted marshmallows making a cake sandwich. Lightly press down on cake to secure the layers together and smoosh the marshmallows. Frost the cake with remaining chocolate frosting and crumble the other sheet of graham crackers on top of finished cake.