Mississippi Mud Cake
This Mississippi Mud Cake is over-the-top decadent with a brownie-like texture, melty soft marshmallows, pecans, and fudgy chocolate frosting. Once you taste your first piece, you will not be able to stop eating!
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Ingredients
For the Cake:
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 2 cups sugar
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 1 cup butter melted
- 4 eggs slightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 3 cups mini-marshmallows
For the Chocolate Frosting:
- ½ cup melted butter
- ⅓ cup cocoa
- ⅓ cup evaporated milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 16-oz package powdered sugar
Instructions
For the cake:
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Grease and flour a 13x9 inch pan and set aside.
- Combine the first 5 ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
- Add butter, eggs, vanilla, and pecans, stir until smooth.
- Pour into pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick comes out clean.
- Immediately sprinkle marshmallows and bake for another 2 minutes.
- Carefully spread frosting over the top. Cool and cut into squares.
For the frosting:
- Beat all ingredients with a whisk or electric mixer until spreading consistency.
Notes
Note: I found that you need to add extra milk to get this to be a little more thin than it turns out, otherwise you cannot really spread the frosting over the marshmallows.