Mississippi Mud Cake

Mississippi Mud Cake

from southernliving.com
Dessert
155 min
1 -.

This decadent Mississippi Mud Cake couldn't be easier to put together whether you're heading to a family reunion or a last minute backyard BBQ.

Ingredients

  • cooking spray
  • ¾ cupunsalted butter
  • 2 ouncesbittersweet chocolate, chopped
  • 1 ½ cupsgranulated sugar
  • 4 largeeggs
  • 1 ¼ cupsall-purpose flour
  • 6 tablespoonsunsweetened cocoa
  • ¾ teaspoonbaking powder
  • salt
  • 1 cupchopped pecans
  • 1 teaspoonvanilla extract
  • 1package mini marshmallows
  • ½ cupunsalted butter
  • ⅓ cupwhole milk
  • ¼ cupunsweetened cocoa
  • 1package powdered sugar, sifted
  • 1 teaspoonvanilla extract

Directions

  1. 1

    Prepare the Cake: Preheat oven to 325˚F. Grease a metal 13- x 9-inch baking dish with cooking spray. Place butter and chocolate in a microwavable bowl. Microwave on HIGH, stirring every 30 seconds until melted, about 1 minute 30 seconds total. Whisk together sugar, eggs, and melted chocolate mixture in a medium bowl. Combine flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt in a separate bowl; stir into melted chocolate mixture. Fold in pecans and vanilla.

  2. 2

    Spoon batter into prepared baking dish. Bake in preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out with moist crumbs, 20 to 21 minutes. Remove cake from oven, and cover top with marshmallows in an even layer. Bake at 325°F until marshmallows are just soft, about 2 minutes.

  3. 3

    While cake is baking, prepare the Chocolate Frosting: Heat butter, milk, and cocoa in a medium saucepan over medium until butter is melted, about 2 minutes. Increase heat to medium-high, and bring mixture to a boil. Boil 1 minute, and then remove from heat. Whisk in powdered sugar and vanilla. Immediately drizzle cake with Chocolate Frosting. Let Frosting harden about 2 hours before cutting cake into squares.