Mississippi Mud Cake–ish
It’s Friday.
And if I go another day without addressing the women that are the Real Housewives of New York, I’m gonna lose it. I just can’t hold it in any longer.
If you don’t watch Housewives, I’m sorry if I’m making you feel left out. But honestly, I watch every week and I’m still confused. For instance, when did LuAnn become a singer? Not only a singer, but judging by the way she breaks it down between the choruses, I’m thinking that she is contemplating a career as a rapper. Could it be that there is a future collaboration with Ke$ha in the works? Now that would be worth listening to.
It has also become painfully obvious that Jill is a friend cheater. And yes,friend cheater is a real thing. She has like, a different best friend every other month. Currently, her loyalties are divided between LuAnn (the rapping Countess) and Kelly (the abusive crazy lady). If she has even a bit of sense, she will realize that she needs to get out from the middle of that crazy sandwich.
Speaking of crazy, I know I’m not the only one who went a little crazy watching Kelly last night. “You’re a cook, not a chef… whatever, I don’t care….you’re a vampire…. she wants to kill me… who wants a lollipop…” never in my life did I dream that I would so desperately long for a quiet evening alone with Alex and Simon. I’ve come to the conclusion that Jill has planted a tiny microchip in Kelly so that she can finally have a friend that is totally under her control. Obviously, the microchip must have gotten wet on the boat and caused a serious meltdown. That’s the only theory that makes sense to me, anyways. Surely no one is that naturally that crazy.
The last two episodes have left me so emotionally drained that I’m not sure if I’m even going to make it to the end of the season. For an hour I just sit and scream at the television, “You’re rich, you live in New York, why aren’t you shopping?! Why aren’t you just being fabulous?! What’s wrong with you??!!!”. Another episode is liable to send me right over Kellytown, and I do not want to be a resident of that place. I hear the Mayor is nuts.
In fact, I am so sick of nuts that I decided to omit them from the Mississippi Mud cake I made yesterday (yes, what you just saw was my lame attempt at a transition. But you have to admit, I made a valiant effort). I substituted mini M&M’s because I love the color they add to the cake and they really make it a little more kid friendly.
INGREDIENTS
1 cup mini M&M’s or chopped pecans
1 cup butter
4 oz semi sweet baking chocolate, chopped
2 cups sugar
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
4 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 (10.5 oz) bag mini marshmallows
Frosting:
1/2 cup butter
1/3 cup milk
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
4 cups powdered sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
Preheat oven to 350.
Microwave 1 cup butter and baking chocolate in a large microwave safe glass bowl until melted, stirring every 30 seconds. Whisk sugar and next 5 ingredients into chocolate mixture. Pour batter into a greased 15×10 inch jelly roll pan.
Bake at 350 for 20 minutes. Remove from oven and sprinkle with an even layer of mini marshmallows; return to oven for a couple of minutes, until marshmallows puff slightly. Remove from oven and prepare frosting.
Frosting: Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Whisk in milk and cocoa, and bring mixture to a boil. Remove from heat and gradually stir in powdered sugar, stirring until smooth. Stir in vanilla.
Immediately drizzle cake with warm frosting. Sprinkle with M&M’s, nuts, or both.
If you’ll excuse me, I’m off to see how many Kellys it takes to open a yacht door. And then I’ll rewind and watch it again. Isn’t TIVO great?
Have a happy weekend!!
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