Bourbon Lovers Mississippi Mud Cake

By Susan52

Ingredients

• Syrup:
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups flour
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 2 sticks (1 cup) butter
• 4 tablespoons unsweetened dark cocoa (such as Hersey's Special Dark. You may substitute plain unsweetened chocolate, but the cake will be significantly sweeter.)
• 1 cup water.
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1 teaspoon soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• scant 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 tablespoon Bourbon
• Marshmallow layer:
• 1 jar (7 ounces) Marshmallow Creme
• Icing:
• 1 stick (1/2 cup) butter
• 4 tablespoons cocoa
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 4 tablespoons bourbon
• 1 box (16 ounces) powdered sugar
• 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts

Details

Servings 10
Preparation time 35mins
Adapted from keestothekitchen.com

Preparation

Step 1

For cake, put 2 cups sugar, 2 cups flour and salt in large bowl. Mix well with fork.

In medium saucepan, melt 2 sticks butter, 4 tablespoons cocoa and water. Bring to boil, then add to flour and sugar. Beat well.

Add buttermilk, eggs, soda and vanilla to flour mixture. Beat just until smooth.

Bake in greased 9" x 13" pan at 350 degrees for 25 minutes or until knife inserted into cake comes out clean or almost clean. (Note that this is a moist cake, so it will not have the texture of a pound or even a layer cake. You don't want it raw, but a little gooey is okay.)

While cake is baking, in small saucepan heat ½ cup sugar and scant ½ cup water to boil, then add bourbon.

Remove cake from oven, poke holes into top with knife, then spoon bourbon syrup mixture over cake, allowing the syrup to infuse it.

Immediately, while cake is still hot, spread jar of marshmallow creme evenly over cake.

For icing: In pan, mix 1 stick butter, 4 tablespoons cocoa, 2 tablespoons milk, 4 tablespoons bourbon and salt. Boil, then add powdered sugar. Pour over cake while still warm. Swirl icing with knife to create marble effect and sprinkle with nuts.

Cool completely before serving.