Mississippi Mud Cake

Melt in your mouth, dreamy, creamy, and sinful... one of my favorite recipes!! I obtained this from Southern Living's "Our Reader's Top Rated Recipes". I recently took this to a Pot Luck BBQ and it was cleaned out really fast!

• Ready In: 50 mins
• Serves: 15

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter, melted
• 2  cups sugar
• 1⁄2 cup  unsweetened cocoa
• 4  large eggs, lightly beaten
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄8 teaspoon salt
• 1 1⁄2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 1⁄2 cups  coarsely chopped pecans, toasted
• 1 (10 1/2ounce) bag miniature marshmallows

• chocolate frosting recipe

• 1 (16 ounce) package powdered sugar, sifted
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1⁄4 cup butter, softened
• 1⁄3 cup  unsweetened cocoa

Directions

1. NOTE: you can also substitute 2 19 . 5 oz packages of brownie mix and follow the package instructions and then add the pecans. from scratch is much more delectable!
2. Whisk together melted butter and next 5 ingredients in a large bowl. Stir in flour and chopped pecans. Pour batter into a greased and floured 15 x 10 inch jelly roll pan.
3. Bake at 350 degrees F for 20-25 minutes or until wooden pick inserted comes out clean. Remove from oven and top warm cake with marshmallows.
4. Return to oven and bake 5 more minutes.
5. Drizzle Chocolate Frosting over warm cake. Cool completely.
6. Chocolate Frosting Recipe:
7. Beat all ingredients together at medium speed with an electric mixer until smooth. You may have to add milk to obtain your desired consistency.