2 cups sugar
1 cup shortening or butter
4 whole eggs
1/3 cup cocoa powder
¼ teaspoon salt
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup chopped nuts, pecans or walnuts
1 ½ cups plain flour
A 10-oz. Pkg. Miniature marshmallows
Preheat oven to 350. Cream together sugar and shortening (or butter). Add eggs one at a time, and beat by hand. Sift flour, cocoa powder, and salt. Add vanilla extract and nuts. Pour mixture into a greased and floured baking pan, 9 X 13. Bake for 30 minutes.
Remove from oven, pour marshmallows on top of cake, return to oven and bake another 10 minutes. Cool cake for one hour and add this icing:
1 box powdered sugar
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup milk
1 cup nuts
2 sticks butter
Sift sugar & cocoa. Mix with melted butter Add milk & vanilla Add nuts & spread over cooled cake.
