Down South getting Messy and Dirrrrrtttyyyy!!

Don't you love when Hump Day rolls around my sweets?? Have a fun Fat Tuesday yesterday?? So Who got the trinkit, as luck would have it I did!! Your still throwing the party, you know who you are... I bring the cake though!! So you might remember that yesterday I mentioned today we would be staying in the south for our treats, and I meant it.  Whose ready for a messy classic that reminds you have your childhood?

Picture it, summer of 85 in a small town in New Jersey, two young children around age 3 are playing in the yard.  The little boy has a bucket of water that he splashes at the ground and the little girl in her brand new pink dress covered in dirt is making a big old mess.  The little boy impatiently waits for his mud pie, that he of course plans on throwing at the little girl when she least expects it.  Except he doesn't anticipate the fact that she has a hidden mud pie and when he goes to sit down she smushes it in his hair. That little girl , she was me, and that little boy, well he was Charlie Sheen!  HAHA no not really Charlie Sheen, it was my cousin but his name has been changed for reasons unknown!  Did you also enjoy the Gold Girls set up to the story, just a little nod to one of my favorite shows, but it served as a good hint to todays request!  That's right, Mississippi + Mud = Decadence!!

Ok So if your not familiar with this cake, let me tell you something about it. Its a simple cake, you can make it as a pie your choice of course,  with cheap ingredients you find at the store. Its said that this cake originated in Mississippi, ( well Duh that must be how it got its name Winning , sorry Charlie Sheen again, gosh darn tiger blood!) and looked kinda like the banks of the along side of that river, you know the one, oh whats the name,  I'm sure it will come to me later!

Well like the fast pace of a running river to the Labratory I went ( aka my Kitchen) and grabbed some ingredients to make this yummy gooey mud cake!  Ok no you can add nuts to this if you want, but again I'm going nut free. Not cause I don't like nuts, or that I'm allergic,  just cause I feel like it! Okay now when I make Mississippi Mud cake, it brings back some memories of when I was young making mud pies and getting messy, so you can bet your butter socks that I want to make this as messy as possible! So here are some tips that I have that can help you make this as yummy and gooey as possible. After pouring your batter in the pan take some frozen chocolate and place a couple of pieces through out the cake. As the cake backs the chocolate will slowly sink and melt into the cake. That way when you take a bit it will have a yummy melty chocolate pour out! While your cake is baking  I like to get my topping ready, cause I like to put it one just before the cake is done. So take some chocolate  ( I like to keep it in the freezer that way it melts slower and doesn't burn easily) and some marshmallow fluff ( you can find it in the baking aisle near the marshmallows, grab a bag of those while your there) and start mixing the broken up chocolate or chocolate chips into the fluff and throw in some extra marshmallows as well . Fluff is sticky so have fun with it! So once you have it all mixed , and your cake is a little more than half way down, take the cake out of the oven, and spread the ooey gooey mixture on the top of your cake, and stick it back in the oven. The fluff and chocolate will melt, and so will the marshmallows which once they start to turn golden you know your cake is ready!

Now nothing beats this cake warm and first thing out of the oven, thats when its at it most messy, however if by some odd reason you have left over of this cake, just pop it in the microwave for like 20 seconds or so warm it up, and its just like straight from the oven!

Well well my sweets, I don't know about you, but request week is a whole lotta fun! We might do it again some time! Thanks for this messy request! Remember everyone is you want to visit us on Facebook or on Twitter you can, and if you would like an recipes or tips just sends us a message! We love hearing from all our friends!!  I'm off my sweets I got to get me a piece of that cake before its all gone! Please don't break the door down trying to get in to get a piece! You know who you are!!  Make sure to check back tomorrow, when we share another request  from one of our sweet friends!!

Happy Baking from Bradley Sweets!!