Mississippi Mud Sheet Cake
- 1 cup melted butter or 1 cup margarine
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
- 4 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 1 pinch baking powder (use only a small pinch about half of 1/8 teaspoon)
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups coarsley chopped walnuts
- 1 (10 1/2 ounce) bag mini marshmallows
- CHOCOLATE GLAZE
- 1 (16 ounce) package powdered sugar
- 1/2 cup half-and-half cream (or use milk)
- 1/4 cup melted butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/3 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
- Set oven to 350 degrees.
- Grease and flour a 15 x 10-inch jellyroll pan.
- For the cake; in a large bowl whisk melted butter with sugar, 1/2 baking cocoa powder, eggs, vanilla and pinch baking powder; beat until well combined.
- Stir in the flour and mix until combined.
- Mix in the walnuts.
- Pour the batter into prepared pan.
- Bake for about 20-22 minutes or until cake tests done.
- While the cake is baking prepare the chocolate glaze; in a bowl beat all glaze ingredients together until smooth.
- Remove cake from oven and sprinkle marshmallows evenly over the top of the hot cake.
- Return to oven and bake for 5 minutes more.
- At this point you may sprinkle nuts over the top of the cake if desired but this is only optional.
- Drizzle the glaze over the top of the warm cake (do not cover the marshmallows completely with the glaze leave some marshmallows showing).
- Cool completely.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/mississippi-mud-sheet-cake-246292 (may not work)