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Easy Mississippi Mud Cake Recipe
Ingredients
* 1/2 cup Butter, softened
* 1 cup Sugar
* 3 Eggs
* 3/4 cup All Purpose Flour
* 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder
* Dash of Salt
* 1/4 cup Cocoa powder (unsweetened)
* 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
* 1 cup chopped pecans
* 1 cup Marshmallows
Chocolate Frosting
* 1/4 cup Butter
* 1/4 cup Cocoa powder (unsweetened)
* 1/4 cup Warm Milk
* 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
* 16 oz Powdered Sugar,
Directions
1. Stir butter into a cream; gradually add sugar, mixing well.
2. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
3. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and cocoa; add to creamed mixture.
4. Stir in vanilla and pecans.
5. Spoon batter into a greased 13x9x2-inch glass baking pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes until top is barely soft to the touch.
6. Remove cake from oven and cover top with marshmallows. Return to oven for 2 minutes or until marshmallows are soft. Spread marshmallows over cake and immediately cover with Chocolate Frosting.
7. Let frosting harden before cutting the cake into squares.
FROSTING:
1. Cream butter; add cocoa, mixing well.
2. Gradually beat in powdered sugar, adding warm milk as necessary, until spreading consistency (you may need more or less that 1/4 cup).
3. Stir in vanilla. Spread immediately over warm marshmallows.