Mississippi Mud Cake

2 Cups sugar
2 Sticks of butter
4 eggs
1 1/2 cups plain flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1 1/2 cups chopped pecans
Dash of Salt
1 tsp vanilla

Cream sugar and butter together. Add eggs and blend well. Add remaining ingredients and mix well. Pour into a greased and floured pan. Bake @ 350 degrees for 35 minutes. When the cake is done, immediately cover the top of the cake with miniature marshmallows. Do not remove cake from pan. Pour icing over marshmallows after the cake cools.

Icing:
1 box confectioners sugar
1/3 cup cocoa
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
6 tablespoons milk

Sift sugar and cocoa together, then add other ingredients and blend well. Pour over marshmallows.