Mississippi Mud Cake
Servings: 0
Ingredients
- 1 cup pecans chopped
- 1 cup butter
- 4 ounces semisweet chocolate chopped
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 4 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 10 1/2 ounces miniature marshmallows
- Chocolate Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
- 1/3 cup milk
- 16 ounces powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Place pecans in a single layer on a baking sheet and bake at 350 degrees
- for 8-10 minutes or until toasted.
- Microwave l cup butter and semisweet chocolate in a large microwave-safe
- glass bowl at HIGH 1 minute or until melted and smooth, stirring every 30
- seconds.
- Whisk sugar and next 5 ingredients into chocolate mixture. Pour batter
- into a greased 15 x 10 x 1 jelly-roll pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes. Remove from oven, and sprinkle evenly
- with miniature marshmallows; bake 8-10 more minutes or until golden
- brown. Drizzle warm cake with Chocolate Frosting, and sprinkle evenly
- with toasted pecans.
- Chocolate Frosting:
- Stir together first 3 ingredients in a medium saucepan over medium heat
- until butter is melted. Cook, stirring constantly, 2 minutes or until
- slightly thickened; remove from heat. Beat in powdered sugar and 1
- teaspoon vanilla at mediumm-high speed with an electric mixer until
- smooth.
- Kitchen Express Method: Prepare pecans. Substitute 2 (17.6 -oz.) Duncan
- HInes Chocolate Lover's Double Fudge Brownie Mix for batter.
- Mississippi Mud Cupcakes:
- Prepare pecans and Mississippi Mud Cake batter as directed. Spoon batter
- evenly into 24 paper-lined muffin cups. Bake at 350 degrees for 20
- minutes or until puffed. Sprinkle evenly with 2 cups miniature
- marshmallows, and bake 5 more minutes or until golden. Remove from oven,
- and cool cupcakes in muffin pans 5 minutes. Remove cupcakes from pans,
- and place on wire rack. Drizzle warm cakes evenly with 1 1/4 cups
- Chocolate Frosting, and sprinkle with toasted pecans. Reserve remaining
- 3/4 cup frosting for another use.
Notes
Recipe By: Southern Living, August 2007
Serving Size: 15
Serving Size: 15
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