Mississippi Mud Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 c. sugar
1 c. shortening
1/3 c. cocoa
1/4 tsp. salt
1 1/2 c. plain flour
1 c. broken pecans
3 tsp. vanilla
4 eggs

Preparation

Cream sugar and shortening;
add eggs and blend together. Sift dry ingredients together, then add to first mixture. Add vanilla
and
nuts\tlast.
Pour
into
a
well-greased and floured pan.
Bake\t40
to\t45
minutes at 300\u00b0.
When cake is done, pour 1
small
bag marshmallows over top and put in oven until they begin to melt.