Mississippi Mud

Name: Mississippi Mud
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1½ cups butter; 3 cups sugar; 9 eggs; 3 teaspoons pure vanilla extract; 2¼ cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup cocoa powder; 2½ teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips; ⅓ cup heavy cream

Preparation info

Serves
10

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

Cooking with the Firehouse Chef

By Keith Young

Published 2005

About

If you’re not a chocolate enthusiast, just keep turning the pages. This is a rich, chocolaty, gooey concoction that will satisfy any chocoholic’s sweet tooth—it might even cure it. For best results, the cakes should be baked a day in advance and refrigerated until you’re ready to assemble the dessert.

Ingredients

For the Cakes

1½ cups butter
3 cups sugar
9 eggs<

Americas
United States
Dessert
Vegetarian

Method

To Make the Cakes

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease a 9-inch round cake pan and a medium sheet pan.

IN AN ELECTRIC MIXER, using the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy. Slowly add