Mississippi Mud Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 cups sugar
1 cup shortening
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups flour
1/3 cup cocoa
1/4 teaspoon vanilla
1 cup chopped pecans or walnuts
1 large package marshmallows

Preparation

Cream sugar and shortening.
Beat in eggs by hand.
Sift flour, cocoa and salt together.
Add to creamed mixture.
Add vanilla and nuts.
Pour into a greased and floured oblong cake pan.
Bake for 25 minutes in a 300\u00b0 oven.
Sprinkle cake with rows of marshmallows.
Increase oven to 350\u00b0 and bake for 10 minutes longer, cool cake completely.