| | FOR THE CAKE |
| 2 | c | Sugar |
| 1 | c | Shortening |
| 4 | | Eggs |
| 1 1/2 | c | Flour |
| 1/3 | c | Cocoa |
| 1 | ts | Vanilla |
| 1/4 | ts | Salt |
| 1 | c | Pecans (optional) |
| 1/2 | lg | Jar of marshmallow fluff |
| | FOR THE FROSTING |
| 1 | c | Butter |
| 1/3 | c | Carnation milk |
| 1/3 | c | Cocoa |
| 1 | ts | Vanilla |
| 1 | lb | Confectioners' sugar |
| 1 | c | Pecans (optional) |
