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Mississippi Mud Cake, Paula Deen's

Source of Recipe


From "Paula Deen: It Ain't All About the Cookin'"



List of Ingredients



• -- For Cake --
  
• 2 cups sugar
  
• ½ tsp salt
  
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
  
• 1 stick unsalted butter
  
• ½ cup vegetable oil
  
• ½ cup cocoa
  
• 2 eggs
  
• 1 tsp baking soda
  
• ½ cup buttermilk
  
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
  
• 1 bag miniature marshmallows
  
• .
  
• -- For Icing --
  
• 1 stick unsalted butter, softened
  
• 3 Tbsp cocoa
  
• 6 Tbsp milk
  
• 1 (1-pound) box confectioners' sugar
  
• 1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
  
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
  






Instructions



1. Preheat the oven to 350° F. Grease and flour a 13- x 9-inch baking pan.
   Combine the sugar, salt and flour in a large mixing bowl. Bring butter, oil, cocoa, and ¼ cup water to a boil in a saucepan. Add to the flour mixture.
   
   
2. 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.
   
   
3. While the cake is baking, make the icing:
   Melt 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.