Mississippi Mud Cake – a rich chocolate cake with pecans and coconut, topped with a layer of marshmallow cream, chocolate frosting, and more pecan pieces. This dessert isn’t for the faint of heart.

As you may know…

We’ve moved a few times over the past 14 years. There have been moves across the country (and back and then back again), a few homes that we’ve owned and many rental homes.

In one of our most recent moves, I was wiping down the kitchen cupboards before settling in and happened to come across some pieces of paper. They were in the cabinet above the stove vent and well out of view, so it’s no wonder they were left behind. I was pretty excited though because for a food blogger, and a baking one at that to come across a recipe for a cake was like winning the lottery!

I’d heard of Mississippi Mud Pie and ice cream, but never the cake, nor had I ever tried any of the variations. I knew when I found this recipe it was destined for the blog.

SAVE THIS MISSISSIPPI MUD CAKE RECIPE TO YOUR FAVORITE PINTEREST BOARD!

With one exception…

The recipe called for four, yes 1,2,3,4 sticks of oleo. Oleo, you say, WHAT on God’s green earth is oleo??
Well, if you’re old like me, you’ll remember growing up and having your grandmother use oleo in her baking as mine did.

See other fantastic Mississippi Mud Cake related recipes from your favorite bloggers…
Mississippi Mudslide Cake from I Am Baker
Mississippi Mud Brownies from The Girl Who Ate Everything
5 Ingredient Easy Mississippi Mud Pie from Roxana’s Home Baking for Pillsbury
Mississippi Mud Pie No Bake Cheesecake fro A Dash of Sanity
Peanut Butter Mississippi Mud Brownies from Oh, Sweet Basil

Here’s a video to show you how you can make ONE Ingredient Chocolate Mousse.
For reals!

Most, if not all of my grandmother’s recipe cards have the oleo written on them. I’m just glad she never used it in her Bread and Butter Pickles! 😉 Anyway, oleo is technically margarine, but you can substitute it with butter.

However…

When I saw that this cake recipe called for 4 sticks with 3 of them being used in the cake alone, I just couldn’t in good conscience bring myself to use all of them. I had to substitute, and to be honest, using four sticks kind of made my skin crawl.

Maybe it’s because I’m working out and trying to watch what I eat. So, it just didn’t make sense to make a cake with a whole pound of butter and granted I’m not going to eat the whole thing by myself, but you get my drift.

Also, the applesauce helped make the cake a little more dense and boy, is it moist!

One thing you’ll want to make note of is my mistake. I highly suggest waiting until the cake with toppings has cooled before you cut into it to serve it.

Otherwise…

Yuppers. You’re going to have naked cake slices with marshmallow and icing left behind in the baking dish. I refrigerated it and that seemed to help quite nicely.

Also, we’re having record warm temperatures here in Phoenix which might have contributed. I know, I know, some of you have snow on the ground and you’re freezing. You should plan a visit here before it gets really HOT!

Mississippi Mud Cake