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Wilmington Island Marsh Mud Cake
Cake:
1/2 cup cocoa
1 cup (2 sticks) butter, melted, plus extra butter for greasing pan
4 eggs, beaten
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups sugar
1/8 teaspoon fine salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
Frosting:
1 (16-ounce) box light brown sugar
1/3 cup cocoa
1/2 cup (1 stick) butter, softened
1/2 cup milk, scalded
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1 (10.5 ounce) package miniature marshmallows
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 13 by 9 by 2-inch pan
with butter.
In a large mixing bowl, stir together the cocoa and the melted
butter. Add the eggs, flour, granulated sugar, salt, and vanilla.
Beat well with a hand-held electric mixer. Add nuts, stirring with a
rubber spatula. Pour batter into the prepared pan. Bake for 35
minutes.
While cake is baking, prepare the frosting. Beat the brown sugar and
butter. Add the cocoa and beat. Stir in the scalded milk and vanilla
together in a mixing bowl and beat with the hand-held mixer until
smooth. Set aside.
Remove the cake from the oven, and pour the marshmallows over the
cake while it is still hot. Pour the frosting over the marshmallows.
Let cool slightly before cutting into pieces. |
