Arkansas Mud Cake
- For the Cake
- 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup moist-style coconut flakes
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup chopped nuts
- 13 ounces marshmallow cream
- FROSTING
- 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
- 6 tablespoons milk
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 4 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1 cup nuts, chopped
- Using electric mixer, and in a large bowl, cream butter.
- Slightly beat eggs and add to butter.
- Mix well.
- Add coconut sugar, flour, cocoa, vanilla, and nuts; mix together.
- This is a heavy batter.
- Do not beat.
- Spread batter in greased 9x13x2 inch pan.
- Bake at 350 F for about 45 minutes.
- As soon as cake is taken from oven, spread marshmallow creme over top.
- Cool for 20 minutes.
- To prepare frosting, mix together all frosting ingredients, except nuts, using slow speed of mixer.
- Pour over marshmallow creme.
- Top with nuts.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/arkansas-mud-cake-43295 (may not work)