CHOCOLATE!!!

I think today is the perfect day for an oooey-gooey chocolate cake!

My Mother always made the most yummy cake for us when we were kids - and can you believe that she has lost the recipe!!! We are in mourning - and searching for a replacement recipe...the closest I have come to finding something similar is this: (but, we are still trying different versions to perfect it to be as good as we remember!)

Mississippi Mud Cake

Combine and mix well:
2 cups of sugar
1 cup of shortening
4 well beaten eggs
3 tsp vanilla

Mix well and then add to wet mix:
1 ½ cups of flour
1/8 tsp salt
1/3 cup of Hershey’s Cocoa
Add in 1 cup of chopped pecans.

Pour into well greased cake pan, and bake at 325 degrees for 35 minutes.
Remove from oven and cover with ½ of a package of mini marshmallows, and ½ package of chocolate chips. Return to oven for 10 minutes.

Cool and then frost with topping:
Mix together as listed:
2 sticks of butter, softened
1 box of powdered sugar sifted with 1/3 cup of Hershey cocoa
½ can evaporated milk mixed with 1 tsp vanilla

and 1 cup of pecans to sprinkle on top.

Pour frosting on top of cooled cake, sprinkle with pecans, and let it set up for about an hour (if you can keep everyone out of it that long!)

There is nothing better than a warm cake and cold glass of milk! I think I should sample mine now!!!