Marys Mississippi Mud Cake Recipes

MISSISSIPPI MUD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease 13x9x2-inch baking pan.
• Beat butter, sugar and vanilla in large bowl until creamy.
• Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
• Stir together flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt.
• Blend into butter mixture.
• Stir in pecans.
• Spoon batter into prepared pan.
• Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until top springs back when touched lightly in center.
• Meanwhile, prepare frosting.
• Beat butter in medium bowl.
• Blend in powdered sugar and cocoa alternately with milk.
• Beat to spreading consistency (additional milk may be needed).
• Blend in vanilla.
• Makes about 2 cups frosting.
• Remove cake from oven.
• Immediately place marshmallows over top.
• Return cake to oven 2 to 3 minutes or until marshmallows are soft.
• Gently spread marshmallows over cake; immediately spread frosting over marshmallow layer.
• Cool thoroughly before cutting cake into squares.

MISSISSIPPI MUD CAKE

Steps:

• Whisk together melted butter and next 5 ingredients in a large bowl. Stir in flour and pecans. Pour batter into a greased and floured 15x10 jellyroll pan.
• Bake at 350º for 20 to 25 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in middle of cake coumes out clean. Remove from oven, top warm cake with marshmallows and return to oven for 5 more minutes.
• For the frosting, combine all ingredients with a mixer until well mixed.
• Drizzle chocolate frosting over warm cake.
• Cool completely.

MISSISSIPPI MUD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Lightly grease a 9x13 inch pan.
• Melt the butter in a medium saucepan.
• Add the cocoa and stir.
• Remove from the heat.
• Pour butter mixture into a mixing bowl and add sugar and eggs.
• Mix until blended.
• Add the vanilla.
• Mix in the flour and salt.
• Stir in the pecans.
• Put batter into prepared pan and cook for 35 minutes or until done.
• Remove from oven and sprinkle with marshmallows.
• Cool in the pan on a wire rack.
• For the frosting: Combine all of the ingredients and mix until smooth. Spread frosting on cooled cake.
• If your frosting is too thick, add more milk.

MISSISSIPPI MUD CAKE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one 9x13 inch cake pan.
• In a large sauce pan over low heat, melt 1 cup of the butter with the cocoa. Stir often. Remove from heat and add white sugar, beat well. Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt and stir into the egg mixture. Stir in the chopped nuts and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 to 45 minutes. Remove cake from oven and spread the marshmallow cream over the cake. Spoon chocolate icing over marshmallow topping while the cake is still hot and spread. The cake will get "muddied" by the spreading action.
• To Make Icing: Beat together the remaining 1/4 cup butter, 1/3 cup cocoa, 1 teaspoon vanilla, the milk, and the confectioner's sugar. Once well combined spoon over the still hot cake.