Published in 1981  and reprinted 29 times by the Mississippi AT&T Pioneers Chapter.
This cookbook is their best seller and is still in print. 

I’ve included one of my family’s favorite desserts.  Very yummy!!

Mississippi Mud Cake  (Bell’s Best   recipe from Joan Hairston)
1 cup Wesson oil                                       1 1/2 cup of self-rising flour
1/3 cup cocoa                                           2 teaspoons of vanilla
4 whole eggs                                            2 cups of chopped nuts,  (I like pecans)
1 3/4 cup of sugar

Mix ingredients and bake in oblong cake pan at 300 for 30-45 minutes.  Cover with small marshmallows when removed from the hot oven.
Icing:
1 1/2 sticks margarine                             1/3 cup of cocoa
1 Tablespoon vanilla                               1/2 cup of Pet milk
1 box of powdered sugar                         1/2 cup chopped nuts  (pecans!)

Mix all ingredients well.  DO NOT COOK.  Pour over cake while still warm.  

Happy Reading and Cooking !

Mimi

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