Description:

Everything you could imagine in the best cake in the world. This is a dessert lover's dessert!

Source:

S.M.C.

Serves/Makes:1 9 inch x 13 inch Pan Cake

Ingredients

• Cake:
• 2 cups (475 ml) sugar
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) butter
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) shortening
• 4 eggs
• 1-1/2 cups (350 ml) flour
• 1/4 tsp (1 ml) salt
• 1/3 cup (80 ml) cocoa
• 2 tsp (10 ml) vanilla
• 1 cup (225 ml) chopped pecans
• 1 10 oz (280 grm). bag miniature marshmallows
• Frosting:
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) butter
• 1/3 cup (80 ml) cocoa
• 1 1 lb (.5 kg). box powdered sugar
• 1/2 cup (125 ml) evaporated milk
• 1 cup (225 ml) pecans
• 1 tsp (5 ml) vanilla

Preparation

• Cake:
• Cream the sugar, butter, and shortening.
• Add the eggs one at a time, beating well between each egg.
• Sift flour, cocoa and salt; add them to the creamed mixture and stir to blend.
• Add the vanilla and nuts.
• Pour into a well greased and cocoa powdered (or floured) 9 inch x 13 inch cake pan.
• Bake at 300 degrees (150 C.) for 30-40 minutes.
• Then take the pan out of the oven and carefully spread the marshmallows over the whole top of the cake.
• Set the cake with the marshmallows on top back into the oven for about 3-4 minutes, or until the marshmallows have melted enough to spread (You will have to grease (butter) up a rubber spatula really well to spread the melted marshmallows).
• Pour the frosting onto the hot cake and set to cool.
• Frosting:
• Bring butter to a boil in a small saucepan.
• Add cocoa and milk.
• In a medium and deep mixing bowl, place the whole pound of powdered sugar.
• Then, pour the hot cocoa/butter mixture from the saucepan over the sugar; stir to blend.
• Add the vanilla and the nuts to the frosting mixture.
• Frosting is ready to pour over the still hot cake at this point.

Comments

Chill the cake or cool to room temperature before cutting. One of our treats is to take white chocolate and melt it down and drizzle it on the top and then melt down some Kraft Caramels and drizzle the caramel entertwined with the white chocolate. Decadent to the maximum!