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MISSISSIPPI MUD CAKE 1 cup (2 sticks) butter or margarine 1/3 cup cocoa 2 cups sugar 4 eggs 1 cup flour Pinch salt 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 ½ cups pecans Miniature marshmallows Icing: ½ cup (1 stick) butter or margarine 1/3 cup milk or cream 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/3 cup cocoa 1 pound powdered sugar
Heat oven to 350 F. In a small pan over low heat melt butter with cocoa. Cool slightly and stir into sugar and next four ingredients and mix well. Stir in pecans and spread into a greased 9- x13-inch baking dish. Bake for 45 minutes. Remove from oven and spread with marshmallows to cover cake. Return to oven to melt, but not brown, marshmallows. Cool completely before icing. In a saucepan over low heat melt butter with cocoa. Beat in other ingredients and spread over cake. |
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