Mississippi Mud Cake.

Well my mom saw this on Paula Deen and she wanted to make it for fathers day. So, I got REALLY excited that this would be my first cake on here.

Ingredients for cake:

Making the cake mix:

Before adding the other liquids:

There we go!

Ingredients for the icing:

About ready to put on the cake:

Taa Daa!!

Oh, this cake was very rich! It was soo good though!


This recipe is from PaulaDeen.com

Mississippi Mud Cake

Ingredients:

* 2 cup sugar
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 2 cup all-purpose flour
* 1 stick unsalted butter
* 1/2 cup vegetable oil
* 1/2 cup cocoa
* 1/4 cup water
* 2 eggs
* 1 teaspoon baking soda
* 1/2 cup buttermilk
* 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
* 1 bag miniature marshmallows
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* Icing:
* 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
* 3 tablespoon cocoa
* 6 tablespoon milk
* 1 (1-pound) box confectioners' sugar
* 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
* 1 teaspoon vanilla extract


Directions:

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 13 by 9-inch baking pan.

Combine the sugar, salt, and flour in a large mixing bowl. Bring the butter, oil, cocoa, and 1/4 cup water to a boil in a saucepan. Add to the flour mixture.

Beat together the eggs, baking soda, buttermilk, and vanilla. Add to the chocolate mixture, mix well, and pour into the prepared pan. Bake for 25 minutes.

While the cake is baking, make the icing by melting the butter in the cocoa and milk over low heat. Bring the mixture to a boil, then remove from the heat. Stir in the confectioners' sugar. Slowly mix in the nuts and the vanilla. Take the cake from the oven, and when it cools a bit cover it with miniature marshmallows. Pour the warm icing over the cake and the marshmallows. Cool the cake before serving.

Prep Time - 30 minutes
Cook Time - 30 minutes
Yield - 12 to 16 servings
Difficulty - Easy