Mississippi Mud Cake
(from the kitchen of Evelyn McGhee)
2 cups sugar
1 cup butter or margarine
4 eggs
1-1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/4 tsp. salt
3 tsp. vanilla
1 cup chopped walnuts
1/2 of a 10 oz. package of miniature marshmallowsCream butter and sugar. Mix in eggs. Sift flour, cocoa, and salt together and add to creamed mixture. Mix well. Add vanilla and nuts. Pour into greased and floured 9" X 13" pan. Bake at 300 degrees F. for 35 minutes. Remove from oven and cover with miniature marshmallows. Return to oven for 10 minutes, until marshmallows are golden brown.
Cool one hour and ice with:
1 lb. box powdered sugar
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1/2 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 tsp. vanilla
1/4 to 1/3 cup milk, as needed
1 cup chopped walnutsSift together sugar and cocoa. Mix with melted butter. Add vanilla and enough milk to get the right spreading consistency. Add nuts and spread on cake.