Easy Mississippi Mud Sheet Cake
- 1 cup melted butter
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 4 large eggs, slightly beaten
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 - 1 3/4 cups chopped walnuts, toasted (can use chopped toasted pecans)
- 1 (10 1/2 ounce) bag mini marshmallows
- CHOCOLATE FROSTING GLAZE
- 1 (16 ounce) package confectioners' sugar, sifted
- 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa, siftened
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 cup half-and-half cream or 1/2 cup milk
- Set oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease a 15 x 10-inch jelly-roll pan.
- For the cake; in a large bowl beat the melted butter with the next 5 ingredients until combined and smooth.
- Add in flour; mix until blended.
- Pour the batter into prepared baking pan.
- Sprinkle the nuts over the top then push down slightly into the batter.
- Bake for about 20 to 22 minutes or until the cake tests done.
- At this point prepare the chocolate frosting while the cake is baking (the cake must be warm before adding on).
- For the frosting; in a medium bowl beat all ingredients together until smooth and blended; set aside to pour over warm cake.
- Remove from oven then sprinkle the mashmallows on top; return to oven for another 5 minutes.
- Drizzle the prepared chocolate frosting over top of the marshmallows.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/easy-mississippi-mud-sheet-cake-335490 (may not work)