Trinity River Mud Cake With Flood Tide Icing Recipes

MISSISSIPPI MUD CAKE II

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease one 9x13 inch cake pan.
• In a large sauce pan over low heat, melt 1 cup of the butter with the cocoa. Stir often. Remove from heat and add white sugar, beat well. Beat in eggs one at a time.
• Combine flour, baking powder, and salt and stir into the egg mixture. Stir in the chopped nuts and 1 teaspoon vanilla. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 35 to 45 minutes. Remove cake from oven and spread the marshmallow cream over the cake. Spoon chocolate icing over marshmallow topping while the cake is still hot and spread. The cake will get "muddied" by the spreading action.
• To Make Icing: Beat together the remaining 1/4 cup butter, 1/3 cup cocoa, 1 teaspoon vanilla, the milk, and the confectioner's sugar. Once well combined spoon over the still hot cake.

PERFECT MISSISSIPPI MUD CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Mix white sugar, flour, and salt together in a large bowl.
• Combine 1/2 cup butter, vegetable oil, 1/2 cup cocoa powder, and water in a saucepan; bring to a boil and stir until smooth. Remove from heat and stir into flour mixture.
• Beat buttermilk, eggs, 2 teaspoons vanilla extract, and baking soda together in a bowl; mix into chocolate mixture. Pour batter into prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Cool slightly.
• Combine 1/2 cup butter, milk, and 3 tablespoons cocoa powder in a saucepan; bring to a boil and remove from heat. Whisk in confectioners' sugar and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract. Fold in pecans.
• Sprinkle marshmallows over slightly cooled cake; pour warm icing over marshmallows. Cool cake before serving.

MARY'S MISSISSIPPI MUD CAKE

Steps:

• Melt margarine add cocoa and mix well.
• Add sugar, eggs (slightly beaten), flour, salt, nuts and vanilla.
• Mix well. Bake in a greased 9x13 inch pan, at 350* for 30-35 minute.
• While hot spread mini marshmallows on cake.
• Frosting: (Try to time the frosting mixture to be ready as soon as the cake comes out of the oven) Mix & bring to boil: margarine, cocoa and milk. Remove and add vanilla, pinch of salt & powdered sugar(may have to add more as frosting should harden up - similar to fudge). Spread over marshmallows.

TRINITY RIVER MUD CAKE WITH FLOOD TIDE ICING

Steps:

• For cake:.
• Mix eggs and sugar in mixer at high speed for 5 minutes.
• Combine everything else except for marshmallow creme and mix well.
• Combine the two mixtures together.
• Bake in greased and floured 13x9x2" pan at 350 for 30 minutes.
• Remove from oven and spread marshmallow creme on top of cake while hot.
• Let stand for only a few minutes and ice cake by combining all icing ingredients, mixed well with mixer.
• Spread icing very carefully over marshmallow creme.