Mississippi Mud Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 cup butter or margarine
1/2 cup cocoa
2 cups sugar
4 large eggs, lightly beaten
1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
dash of salt
1 tsp vanilla extract
1-1/2 cups chopped pecans
4 cups mini marshmallows
chocolate frosting

Preparation

Combine butter and cocoa in saucepan.
Cook on medium heat until butter melts.
Remove from heat, put in large mixing bowl. Add sugar and eggs.
Mix with electric mixer until blended. Add flour, salt and vanilla.
Beat until blended.
Stir in pecans. Put batter into lightly greased 13 x 9 inch pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for approximately 35 minutes.
Remove from oven and sprinkle marshmallows over the hot cake.
Immediately spread frosting over marshmallows.
Place on a rack to cool.
Cut into squares and serve.
Serves 12 to 15.