Mississippi Mud Cake
"This delectable dessert comes straight from the banks of the Mississippi River (where we know our mud!!)."
- Ready In:
- 1hr
- Ingredients:
- 14
- Yields:
-
1 cake
ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup Crisco
- 1⁄3 cup cocoa
- 1 1⁄2 cups flour (if using self-rising flour, omit the salt)
- 4 eggs
- 1 1⁄4 teaspoons salt
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 (12 ounce) package miniature marshmallows
- 1 cup nuts (optional)
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Icing
- 3⁄4 cup butter or 3/4 cup margarine
- 0.75 (16 ounce) bag powdered sugar, to taste
- 1⁄4 cup cocoa
- 1⁄4 cup Carnation instant milk
- 1 cup nuts (optional)
directions
- Cream sugar and cocoa with Crisco.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well.
- Stir dry ingredients and add to mixture.
- Add nuts and vanilla.
- Bake in long pan (13 x 9 works) or cookie sheet for 30 minutes at 300 degrees.
- Mix icing while cake is baking.
- Remove from oven and cover with marshmallows.
- Return to oven for 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and cool 20 minutes.
- Cover with icing.
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