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Mississippi Mud Cake
Owner of "Baking with Melissa," Melissa Randall is making a decadent chocolate treat with marshmallows and unsweetened cocoa powder.
Ingredients

Ingredients for the Cake

  • 1 cup of melted butter (or 1 stick of butter and 1 stick of margarine) 
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 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 (10.5-ounce) bag miniature marshmallows

Ingredients for Chocolate Frosting

  • 1 (16 oz) package powdered sugar, sifted
  • 1/2 c. milk
  • 1/4 c. butter, softened
  • 1/3 c. unsweetened cocoa

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Directions

1) Pre-heat oven to 350° degrees

2) Whisk together melted butter and next 5 ingredients in a large bowl.

3) Stir in flour and chopped pecans.

4) Spread batter (it will be thick) into a greased and floured 15- x 10-inch jellyroll pan (or use a deep dish cookie sheet).

5) Bake at 350° for 20 to 25 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Note: Reduce the temperature by 25 degrees if you are using a dark pan.

6) Remove from oven; top warm cake evenly with marshmallows.

7) Return to oven, and bake 5 minutes.

8) Make Chocolate Frosting: Beat all ingredients together with an electric mixer until smooth.

9) Drizzle Chocolate Frosting over warm cake.

10)
Let the cake cool completely before cutting into squares!
HERE'S A TIP FOR THOSE OF YOU IN A HURRY: You can also use 2 (19.5-ounce) packages of brownie mix instead of making the brownies from scratch.

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