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Mississippi Mud

Source of Recipe

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List of Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cups flour
1 stick unsalted butter
1/2 cup veg. oil
1/2 cup cocoa
2 eggs
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 cup buttermilk
2 tsp. vanilla extract

1 small bag of miniature marshmallows

Icing:
1 box powdered sugar
1 softened stick of butter
1/3 cup cocoa
6 Tblsp. milk
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans (optional)


Recipe

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Combine the sugar, salt, and flour in a large mixing bowl. Bring 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 a greased pan and bake for 25 minutes.

While baking the cake, make the icing by melting the butter and adding the cocoa and milk over low heat. Bring mixture to a boil and remove from heat. Stir in powdered sugar. Slowly add the nuts and vanilla.

Take the cake from the oven when its done and pour on 1 bag of miniature marshmallows. Pour the warm icing over the marshmallows. Cool before serving.