Mississippi Mud Cake

By LisaMK

This recipe was sent to me by Southern Living. I've made some modifications. Use your favorite chocolate frosting or the one provided below.

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 1 c chopped pecans
• 1 c unsalted butter
• 1 4oz. chopped semi-sweet choclate baking bar
• 2 c sugar
• 1 1/2 c all purpose flour
• 1/2 c unsweetened cocoa
• 4 eggs
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 3/4 tsp sea salt
• 1 10.5 oz mini marshmallows (bag)
• Chocolate frosting:
• 1/2 c unsalted butter
• 1/3 c unsweetened cocoa
• 1/3 c 2% milk
• 1 16 0z pkg powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

Preparation

Step 1

Cake: Bake pecans in single layer on baking sheet in 350 degree oven for 8-10 mins or until toasted.
Microwave butter and chocolate in bowl at high 1 min or until melted and smooth, stirring every 30 seconds.
Whisk sugar and the rest of the ingredients except marshmallows into chocolate mixture. Pour batter into a greased 15x10x1 inch pan.
Bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle an even layer of marshmallows. Bake 8 to 10 min. or until golden brown. Drizzle warm cake with chcolate frosting and sprinkle evenly with toasted pecans.

Frosting: Stir together butter, cocoa, milk in saucepan over medium heat until butter is melted. Stir constantly for 2 minutes or until slightly thickened; remove from heat. Beat in powedered sugar and vanilla until smooth.