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A dense cocoa sheet cake with walnuts and coconut, spread with marshmallow cream while it's hot and finished with a cocoa frosting swirled through the marshmallow.

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Cook
30 min
Source
Sibyl Spahn

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Ingredients

Cake

  • 4 eggs
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 2 sticks butter, melted
  • 1 ½ cups flour
  • 1/3 cup cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts
  • 1 cup coconut (optional)

Topping

  • 1 (7 oz.) jar marshmallow cream
  • ¼ cup melted oleo
  • 3 tablespoons milk
  • ½ teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 1/3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/6 cup cocoa

Directions

  1. Beat sugar and eggs until thick.
  2. Combine the rest of the cake ingredients - the melted butter, flour, cocoa, vanilla, walnuts, and the coconut if you are using it. Mix well and add to the sugar and egg mixture.
  3. Bake 30 minutes at 350 degrees in a greased 9 x 13 pan.
  4. Remove and spread marshmallow cream on top while the cake is hot.
  5. Beat the melted oleo, 3 tablespoons milk, vanilla, powdered sugar, and cocoa together until smooth, pour over the marshmallow cream, and swirl the two together with a knife.

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