Mississippi Mud Pie & Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 10 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 35 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup margarine
• 1/2 cup cocoa
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 pinch salt
• 4 eggs
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/2 cups nuts (optional)

Recipe

• 1 melt margarine and cocoa.
• 2 add sugar, vanilla and salt. beat eggs inches.
• 3 add flour and nuts.
• 4 bake in 9 x 13-inch pan at 300 degrees for 30 minutes.
• 5 while hot spread on 1 jar marshmallow cream and then icing.
• 6 icing: 1/2 cup melted margarine 1/2 cup cocoa 1 box powdered sugar 1/3 cup milk 1 teaspoons.
• 7 vanilla swirl with scraper to look like mud.
• 8 mississippi mud cake 4 eggs 1 cup butter 2 cup sugar 1 teaspoons vanilla 1 1/2 cup flour 1/4 cup cocoa dash of salt 1 cup chopped walnuts 1 jar marshmallow cream.
• 9 in a large mixing bowl, with mixer at medium speed, beat eggs, butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy, scraping sides of bowl.
• 10 add flour, cocoa and salt. beat just until well blended.
• 11 fold in walnuts; spread batter evenly into 9 x 13-inch pa n.
• 12 bake for 20 to 25 minutes.
• 13 after baking, immediately place drops of marshmallow cream onto cake and let cool on rack.
• 14 spread until smooth; let cool on wire rack before frosting.
• 15 frosting for mississippi mud cake: 1/3 cup butter 1/2 cup cocoa 1/3 cup milk 1 teaspoons vanilla 2 1/2 cup confectioners sugar.
• 16 combine all ingredients; mix until light and fluffy.
• 17 frost cake and chill.