Rhonda's Mississippi Mud Brownies

had these as a wonderful snack on our last trip before baby reiss came...wonderful!

• Ready In: 40 mins
• Serves: 12
• Yields: 24 9x13 cake

Ingredients

• cake

• 2  cups flour
• 2  cups sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup shortening
• 1  cup water
• 3  teaspoons  cocoa
• 2  eggs, well beaten
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 cup buttermilk
• 1  teaspoon vanilla

• icing

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 3  teaspoons  cocoa
• 6  teaspoons milk
• 1 (8 ounce) box powdered sugar
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1  cup walnuts, chopped

Directions

1. Cake:
2. sift together flour, sugar, and salt -- mix well.
3. in a saucepan, bring to a boil butter , shortening, water and cocoa.
4. pour over dry ingredients and sugar mixture.
5. in another bowl beat eggs, soda, buttermilk and vanilla.
6. add to other mixture and mix well.
7. bake in greased and floured sheet cake pan @350 20-25 minute.
8. icing:
9. mix butter, cocoa, milk in a saucepan. heat over low heat but do not boil. remove from heat.
10. and add sugar, nuts, and vanilla -- mix well.
11. frost cake as soon as it's baked. pour over cake -- yum.