Mississippi Mud Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 1 cup butter
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 large eggs, slightly beaten
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 dash salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/2 cups pecans (optional)
• 4 cups mini marshmallows
• 1 (16 ounce) package powdered sugar, sifted
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/3 cup cocoa
• 1/4 cup softened butter

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350°f.
• 2 lightly grease a 9x13 inch pan.
• 3 melt the butter in a medium saucepan.
• 4 add the cocoa and stir.
• 5 remove from the heat.
• 6 pour butter mixture into a mixing bowl and add sugar and eggs.
• 7 mix until blended.
• 8 add the vanilla.
• 9 mix in the flour and salt.
• 10 stir in the pecans.
• 11 put batter into prepared pan and cook for 35 minutes or until done.
• 12 remove from oven and sprinkle with marshmallows.
• 13 cool in the pan on a wire rack.
• 14 for the frosting: combine all of the ingredients and mix until smooth. spread frosting on cooled cake.
• 15 if your frosting is too thick, add more milk.