Making this cake did bring out my inner van Gogh. In all those swirls one might find Starry Night or The Scream. Mississippi Mud is a classic dessert that is supposed to mirror the mud of Mississippi. This is some fine looking mud. I do not care for the cloyingly sweet, thick, ultra gooey Missi Muds I have had in my past but I do go for that topping; marshmallowy, chocolatey good stuff. So I have lightened the load by simply baking a Devil’s Food Chocolate Cake and topping it with a super easy, super quick Mississippi Mud-type Frosting. This way you can eat a piece without feeling so sick.
Mississippi Mud Cake
One chocolate cake mix baked in a 9×13 inch baking pan
one jar Jet-puffed Marshmallow Cream
1 stick butter
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 cup toasted chopped pecans- optional
Top your favorite still hot-out-of-the-oven chocolate cake with Marshmallow Cream. Let sit a few minutes to melt then spread evenly over the entire cake. In a small sauce pan, melt butter and add semi-sweet chocolate chips, stir until smooth. Pour over marshmallow cream and swirl. If you want “rocks” in your mud swirl in pecans. Serves about 12.
Lunch Packing Tip
Before placing a piece of cake in plastic wrap or a small container, cut the bottom off the piece and place it over the frosting, turning your cake into a cake sandwich. All or most of the frosting will stay on the cake and not its wrapper. Will the cake sandwich be the new cupcake?
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32 Comments
this looks crazy easy. i think i'd use marshmallow fluff though.
I wouldnt mind if it was the new cupcake. Especially if it looked like this!
BTW- My party was a success. I was able to keep my cool and relax. Matter of fact I received a compliment that I was so easy going about having tons (well six) of people staying at my house and having a weekend long party (40 people). My ego just floated a little. Thanks party guru!
Pass me a mud sandwich please! Great idea.
Perhaps some inspiration from Jackson Pollock with all the swirls? It's a rich cake but an oh-so-satisfying cake.
Okay, truthfully? I'm not a chocolate cake eater but the frosting? I'm all about it!
~ingrid
Marshmallow Cream is a secret ingredient of mine… a weapon if you will… this cake looks terrific! I'll have to give it a try!
Just made it tonight. Thumbs way up!!! I'm already wondering if I could make the frosting with peanut butter chips.