Shelly's Recipe

MALLO-NUT FUDGE CAKE

Category: Cakes

3 oz baking chocolate, cut fine
3/4 cup boiling water
1 3/4 cup sifted cake flour
1 1/2 cup sugar
3/4 tsp salt
1/2 tsp baking powder
3/4 tsp soda
1/2 cup shortening
1/3 cup thick sour milk
1 tsp vanilla
2 eggs unbeaten
18 large marshmallows, cut in half (or 1-1/2 cups small marshmallows)
1/2 cup nuts

Put chocolate in mixing bowl. Pour boiling water over chocolate and stir until melted. Cool. Sift flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and soda into chocolate mix. Drop in shortening. Beat 2 minutes at medium. Add sour milk, vanilla, eggs and beat 2 minutes more. Bake at 350 for 30 - 40 minutes in a 13x9 inch pan. While still warm, put marshmallows and nuts on top of cake. Cool.

Frost with following frosting recipe.

Minute Fudge Frosting
1 oz baking chocolate finely cut
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup milk
1/4 cup shortening
1/4 tsp salt

Combine ingredients. Bring to a full rolling boil, stirring constantly, and boil 1 minute. Beat until lukewarm. Add 1 tsp. vanilla, then beat with mixer on high until thick enough to spread.