Old Fashioned Mud Cake
Never judge a cake by it's name. Old Fashioned Mud Cake is a delicious easy cake recipe that is made of cocoa, chopped nuts, marshmallows and topped with a cocoa frosting. Perfect for all chocolate lovers, your cake recipes have never had this much chocolate in them.
Ingredients
- 1 cup margarine softened
- 2 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa
- dash salt
- 4 eggs
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 1/2 cup chopped nuts
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- miniature marshmallows
- For the Cocoa Icing:
- 1 pound powdered sugar
- 1/3 cup cocoa
- 1/4 cup margarine, softened
- 1/2 cup milk
Instructions
For the Cake:
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
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Mix margarine, sugar, flour, cocoa, salt, eggs, baking powder, nuts and vanilla well, and bake in a greased and floured 9 X 13 pan for 30 minutes.
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Immediately after removing for oven, pour 1 small bag of miniature marshmallows over cake. When the cake is a little cool place marshmallows on top.
For the Icing:
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Make the icing by melting the margerine in the cocoa and milk over low heat. Bring the mixture to a boil, then remove from the heat. Stir in the powdered sugar. Slowly mix in the the vanilla and stir. Pour warm mixture over marshmallows.
- Let the cake cool and lplace in the fridge, serve cooled.