Mississippi Mud Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 1 cup butter, melted
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
• 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1/2 cups coarsely chopped pecans, toasted
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) bag miniature marshmallows
• 1 (16 ounce) package powdered sugar, sifted
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup butter, softened
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa

Recipe

• 1 note: you can also substitute 2 19 . 5 oz packages of brownie mix and follow the package instructions and then add the pecans. from scratch is much more delectable!
• 2 whisk together melted butter and next 5 ingredients in a large bowl. stir in flour and chopped pecans. pour batter into a greased and floured 15 x 10 inch jelly roll pan.
• 3 bake at 350 degrees f for 20-25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted comes out clean. remove from oven and top warm cake with marshmallows.
• 4 return to oven and bake 5 more minutes.
• 5 drizzle chocolate frosting over warm cake. cool completely.
• 6 chocolate frosting recipe:.
• 7 beat all ingredients together at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. you may have to add milk to obtain your desired consistency.