Arkansas Mud Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 12
• 1 cup butter or 1 cup margarine
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup moist-style coconut flakes
• 2 cups sugar
• 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped nuts
• 13 ounces marshmallow cream
• 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 6 tablespoons milk
• 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 cup nuts, chopped

Recipe

• 1 using electric mixer, and in a large bowl, cream butter.
• 2 slightly beat eggs and add to butter.
• 3 mix well.
• 4 add coconut sugar, flour, cocoa, vanilla, and nuts; mix together.
• 5 this is a heavy batter.
• 6 do not beat.
• 7 spread batter in greased 9x13x2 inch pan.
• 8 bake at 350 ¡f for about 45 minutes.
• 9 as soon as cake is taken from oven, spread marshmallow creme over top.
• 10 cool for 20 minutes.
• 11 to prepare frosting, mix together all frosting ingredients, except nuts, using slow speed of mixer.
• 12 pour over marshmallow creme.
• 13 top with nuts.