Mississippi Mud Cake will make your eyes roll back in your head as they say in the South. This Southern cake is chocolate based with marshmallows, pecans, and a fudge-like frosting. The cake is quite rich obviously (and certainly not a diet food), and it is a pretty cake that folks look around for at pot luck dinners and community gatherings.
Mississippi Mud Cake Recipe
Ingredients:
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup shortening (margarine or butter also work fine)
- 4 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla flavoring
- 1 ½ cup plain flour
- 1/3 cup baking cocoa
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup chopped pecans (can use other nuts if preferred)
- 5 cups miniature marshmallows
Directions:
- Cream together the sugar and shortening.
- Add eggs one at a time and mix in well.
- Add vanilla flavoring and mix until smooth.
- Sift together flour, cocoa, and salt and then add to the butter mixture a little at a time and mix until smooth.
- Stir in nuts.
- Spread mixture evenly into a greased 9 x 13 or similar sized baking dish.
- Bake at 350 degrees F (preheated) for around 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Remove cake from oven and put marshmallows on top. Then, return the cake to the oven and leave until marshmallows are melty. This usually takes around 5 to 10 minutes.
- Let cake cool and then frost with Mississippi Mud Cake icing.
Mississippi Mud Cake Frosting Recipe
Ingredients:
- 1 stick butter (softened)
- 1 box powdered sugar (1 pound)
- ½ cup baking cocoa
- ½ cup evaporated milk
- 1 tsp vanilla flavoring.
- ½ cup pecans chopped (or other favorite nut)
Directions:
- Cream together softened butter and powdered sugar.
- Add cocoa, milk and vanilla and mix until smooth.
- Spread frosting on cooled cake.
- Sprinkle nuts on top.
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