1 c. butter
2 c. sugar
4 eggs
1/2 c. cocoa
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
2 c. unsalted, chopped peanuts
1/4 tsp. salt
1 (10 oz.) pkg. mini marshmallows

Cream together butter with the sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer. Add eggs, one at a time. Add vanilla. Sift together flour, salt and cocoa. Slowly add to batter. Add peanuts. Bake for 30 minutes in 9x13 inch pan at 350 degrees. While cake is fresh from oven and still warm, top with marshmallows. Ice with Georgia Mud Cake Frosting.

GEORGIA MUD CAKE FROSTING:

1 (16 oz.) box powdered sugar
1/2 c. cocoa
1/4 tsp. salt
1/4 c. butter, melted
1/2 c. milk
1/4 c. crunchy peanut butter
1 tsp. vanilla

Sift together sugar, cocoa and salt. Pour warm butter and milk over dry ingredients. With an electric mixer, beat until dry ingredients are moistened. Add remaining ingredients; continue beating until frosting is smooth. Pour the icing over cake while it is still warm from oven. Allow cake to cool; cut into squares and serve. Makes 24 squares.