Mississippi Mud Cake

Mississippi Mud Cake

My Thanksgiving Offering
M-i-ss-i-ss-i-pp-i Mud Cake
The Ten Pound Cake

I made this cake to bring with us for Thanksgiving. I thought for sure with all of the sweet and tasty ingredients that it would be delicious.

It is a sweet chocolate and coconut cake with toasted walnuts, and a marshmallow frosting and middle. The cake was very moist, and the marshmallow was very gooey. This is actually my first time ever using marshmallow fluff, and I didn't expect it to be the sticky and messy, but it all turned out in the end, which is one thing I am truly thankful for. :)

Mississippi Mud Cake

1 Cup Butter
2 Cups Sugar
2 Tbsp Cocoa
4 Eggs
1 Tsp Vanilla
1 1/2 Cup Flour
1 1/2 Chopped Walnuts or Pecans
1 1/2 Cup Coconut
1 Sm. Jar Marshmallow Fluff
Chocolate Frosting

Preheat oven to 350 degrees

1. In a large bowl, cream together:  butter, sugar, and cocoa.
2. Beat in eggs, and vanilla

3.  Gradually add flour, stirring well.

4. Fold in nuts and coconut. Batter will be very heavy.

5.  Spoon into greased 9 x 12 pan.  Bake at 350 degrees for 40 Minutes.

6.  Spoon contents of one jar of marshmallow fluff on top of cake.  Bake for 5 minutes.

7. When Cake is done. Frost with chocolate frosting ( I made my own), and decorate.

I thought this cake tasted very good. When I was decorating the cake, I cut it in half and was going to put one half on top of the other. Unfortunately, I didn't get it quite square, and because the marshmallow was so sticky I really couldn't move it. LOL. Oh well. Also, the marshmallow was sooo messy.  Thankfully, I read the back of the can and it said, 'to clean use hot water'. The hot water really did the trick. I decorated my cake with coconut and chocolate chips because since this is a new cake, I kind of like to clue people into what is on the inside. I hope you all enjoy. Happy Holidays.

One Love,

Virginia