Mississippi Mud Cake

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Title: Mississippi Mud Cake
Categories: Cakes
Yield: 8 servings

1/2 c Butter, softened 1 c Pecans, chopped
1 c Sugar 10 oz Marshmallows
3 x Eggs 1 ea Chocolate Frosting
3/4 c All Purpose Flour 1/4 c Butter
1/2 ts Baking Powder 1/4 c +2 T Cocoa
1 ea Dash Salt 1/4 c +3 T Warm Milk
1/4 c +1 /12 T Cocoa 1 ts Vanilla Extract
1 ts Vanilla Extract 16 oz Powdered Sugar, sifted

Cream butter; gradually add sugar, beating well. Add eggs, one at a time,
beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder, salt, and
cocoa; add to creamed mixture. Stir in vanilla and pecans.
Spoon batter into a greased 13x9x2-inch glass baking pan. Bake at 325
degrees for 15 to 18 minutes until top is barely soft to the touch.
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. Let frosting harden
before cutting the cake into squares. Yield: one 13x9 inch cake.
FROSTING: Cream butter; add cocoa, mixing well. Gradually beat in
powdered sugar, adding warm milk as necessary, until spreading
consistency. Stir in vanilla. Spread immediately over warm marshmallows.
Yield: enough for one 13x9 inch cake.
Source: Southern Heritage CAKES Cookbook

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