My Mother's Mississippi Mud Cake

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 40 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup margarine
• 2 cups sugar
• 2 tablespoons cocoa
• 4 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 1/3 cups shredded coconut
• 1 1/2 cups chopped pecans or 1 1/2 cups other nuts
• 1 (7 ounce) jar marshmallow creme
• 1 (16 ounce) box powdered sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/2 cup milnot condensed milk
• 1/3 cup cocoa
• 1/2 cup margarine

Recipe

• 1 for cake: cream together margarine, sugar and cocoa.
• 2 add 4 eggs and vanilla; mix well.
• 3 add flour, coconut, chopped nuts and beat 1 to 2 minutes.
• 4 bake@ 350 degrees for 30 to 40 minutes.
• 5 while still hot, spread a jar of marshmallow creme over cake.
• 6 for icing: mix together all ingredients for icing and spread over cake.