Recipe - Mississippi Mud Cake-Original Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook

1 One fourth cup Flour
2 teaspoon Baking powder
One half teaspoon Salt
2 cup Sugar
Three fourths cup Unsweetened cocoa
5 Eggs, separated
1 cup Water
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
2 One half cup Miniature marshmallows

MUD ICING (SEE RECIPE

"People in Mississippi say, It ain't Mississippi mud if it doesn't leave
your mouth coated with sugar." Prehat oven to 350 degrees. Sift flour,
baking powder, and salt together 3 times. Set aside. Combine sugar and
cocoa; mix well. Beat egg yolks in large bowl of electric mixer. Beat in
water, vanila, and sugar mixture at medium speed. Beat in flour mixture.
Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form; stir onefourth of chocolate batter
gently into whites. Fold egg whites into remaining batter. Pour into a
greased and floured 13x9x2" baking pan and bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or
until a wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Remove from oven
and sprinkle marshmallows evenly over cake. Bake 5 minutes longer, or until
marshmallows begin to melt. Cool in pan on a wire rack. Spread with Mud
Icing. From: "Original Whistle Stop Cafe Cookbook" Posted by: Debbie
Carlson

Posted to MCRecipe Digest V1 #529 by kmeade@ids2.idsonline.com (The
Meades) on Mar 21, 1997