Mississippi Mud Cake

• Cake
• cup butter, melted↗1
• cups sugar↗2
• cup unsweetened cocoa↗1⁄2
• eggs, lightly beaten↗4
• teaspoon vanilla↗1
• teaspoon salt↗1⁄8
• cups flour↗1 1⁄2
• cups coarsely chopped pecans, toasted↗1 1⁄2
• (10 1/2 ounce) bag miniature marshmallows1
• Chocolate Frosting↗
• (16 ounce) box powdered sugar, sifted↗1
• cup milk↗1⁄2
• cup butter, softened↗1⁄4
• cup unsweetened cocoa↗1⁄3

Step-by-step instructions

1. 1

   Whisk together melted butter and next 5 ingredients in a large bowl. Stir in flour and pecans. Pour batter into a greased and floured 15x10 jellyroll pan.

2. 2

   Bake at 350º for 20 to 25 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in middle of cake coumes out clean. Remove from oven, top warm cake with marshmallows and return to oven for 5 more minutes.

3. 3

   For the frosting, combine all ingredients with a mixer until well mixed.

4. 4

   Drizzle chocolate frosting over warm cake.

5. 5

   Cool completely.