Mississippi Mud Sheet Cake

Total Time: 42 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 22 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 15
• 1 cup melted butter or 1 cup margarine
• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
• 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 pinch baking powder (use only a small pinch about half of 1/8 teaspoon)
• 1/8 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups coarsley chopped walnuts
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) bag mini marshmallows
• 1 (16 ounce) package powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup half-and-half cream (or use milk)
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa

Recipe

• 1 set oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease and flour a 15 x 10-inch jellyroll pan.
• 3 for the cake; in a large bowl whisk melted butter with sugar, 1/2 baking cocoa powder, eggs, vanilla and pinch baking powder; beat until well combined.
• 4 stir in the flour and mix until combined.
• 5 mix in the walnuts.
• 6 pour the batter into prepared pan.
• 7 bake for about 20-22 minutes or until cake tests done.
• 8 while the cake is baking prepare the chocolate glaze; in a bowl beat all glaze ingredients together until smooth.
• 9 remove cake from oven and sprinkle marshmallows evenly over the top of the hot cake.
• 10 return to oven and bake for 5 minutes more.
• 11 at this point you may sprinkle nuts over the top of the cake if desired but this is only optional.
• 12 drizzle the glaze over the top of the warm cake (do not cover the marshmallows completely with the glaze leave some marshmallows showing).
• 13 cool completely.