Bakery Style Whoopie Pie Cake

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (18 ounce) box devil's food cake mix
• 3 eggs
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 1/4 cup oil
• 1/2 cup water
• 12 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened but still cool (1 1/2 sticks)
• 1 1/4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon table salt
• 2 1/2 cups marshmallow cream

Recipe

• 1 for the cakes: heat oven to 350°f; line 2 cake pans with parchment paper.
• 2 combine all cake ingredients and mix.
• 3 pour half of batter into each cake pan. cook approximately 20 minutes, or until cakes spring back when pressed. cool completely on baking sheets, at least 1 hour.
• 4 for the filling:.
• 5 with electric mixer on medium speed, beat butter and sugar together until fluffy, about 2 minutes. beat in vanilla and salt. beat in fluff until incorporated, about 2 minutes. refrigerate filling until slightly firm, about 30 minutes. (bowl can be wrapped and refrigerated for up to 2 days).
• 6 spread filling onto one of the cakes. place other cake on top. refrigerate in air tight container up to 3 days.
• 7 this is also good if you heat a can of frosting for 20 seconds and pour over the cake.