Sunday, February 2, 2014

Mississippi Mud Cake

When I was little, this seemed to be the most requested cake in our house...or so my memory recalls.

Ingredients:

Cake - 
1 c vegetable oil
1 3/4 c sugar
4 eggs
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp salt
1/3 c cocoa
1 1/2 c flour

Topping  -
1 bag mini marshmallows
3/4 c butter
1/3 c cocoa
1/2 c evaporated milk
1 box (bag) powder sugar


Directions:

Cake - 
Preheat oven to 350
Grease and flour 9x13 cake pan

Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt in a bowl.
In large mixing bowl, beat together the oil, sugar.
Add eggs and vanilla.
Add to the dry ingredients and mix until smooth.

Pour into the prepared pan

Bake 30-40 minutes

Remove from oven and immediately pour bag of marshmallows over entire cake
Cover pan to allow marshmallows to melt and make topping

Topping-
Mix butter, cocoa, and evaporated milk in saucepan
Heat to a boil
Remove from heat
Whisk in all the powder sugar
Pour topping over cake
Let cake cool completely and enjoy!

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