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MISSISSIPPI MUD CAKE

Lenora Kish

 

2 sticks butter or margarine     1/2 cup cocoa

4 eggs, slightly beaten          2 cup sugar

1 1/2 cups flour                 1/2 tsp. salt

1 1/2 cups chopped nuts          1 tsp. vanilla 

Chocolate Frosting (below)       Miniature Marshmallows

 

Melt butter and cocoa over medium heat. Remove. Stir in sugar and eggs, mix well. Add flour, salt, nuts and vanilla, stirring well. Pour into greased 13 x 9 x 2 pan.

 

Bake for 35 - 45 minutes in 350 degree oven. As soon as cake is taken from oven, sprinkle top with miniature marshmallows and spread with frosting. (below)

 

CHOCOLATE FROSTING for Mississippi Mud Cake:

 

1 (lb.) pkg. confectioner's sugar

1/2 cup milk

1/3 cup cocoa

1/2 stick butter (softened)

 

Combine sugar, milk, cocoa and softened butter. Mix until smooth. Spread on cake.

 

OATMEAL CAKE

Gail Moser

Pour 1 1/4 cups boiling water over 1 stick margarine and 1 cup quick oats. Let stand 15 minutes.

 

Beat 2 eggs and add 1 cup brown sugar and 1 cup white sugar. Mix well.

 

Sift together 1 1/3 cup flour, 1/2 tsp cinnamon and 1 tsp. baking soda and 1/2 tsp. salt. Add to egg and sugar mixture. Beat well.

 

Add oatmeal mixture to above, mix well and pour into greased 9 x 13 inch pan. Bake 35 minutes at 350 degrees. Top with coconut topping.

 

COCONUT TOPPING:

 

Combine in saucepan:

1 Tbsp. margarine              1 cup coconut

1/4 cup milk                   3/4 cup nuts (chopped)

1/2 cup sugar                  1 tsp. vanilla 

 

Heat until sugar dissolves, not too fast. Spread on cake when cake is cooled. Broil until brown. 3 to 5 minutes.

 

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