Any ideas for a cake that could somehow represent the state of Mississippi?

Question

I have some family coming into town that are from Mississippi and I would like to make a cake and have something on it that represents where they're from. But I don't know anything about Mississippi. Any ideas for what I could do? I'm very creative and pretty skilled. So I can turn a cake into almost anything. If I can't do it with cake, I can do it with gumpaste or fondant. Does anyone have any suggestions? And while we're on the subject, what's the abbreviation for Mississippi? Is it MI or MS?

Answer 1

Mississippi Mud Pie Recipe

Recipe Summary

Difficulty: Medium

Prep Time: 15 minutes

Inactive Prep Time: 8 minutes

Cook Time: 45 minutes

Yield: 8 to 12 portions

Prepare ice cream the day before or very early on day of assembling Mississippi Mud Pie.

Coffee ice cream:

Decaffeinated coffee crystals

12 egg yolks

12 ounces sugar

2 pints whole milk

2 teaspoons vanilla

Pinch salt

1 pint heavy cream

Chocolate Brownie:

3/4 cup flour

1/4 teaspoon baking soda

3/4 cup sugar

2 tablespoons water

1/3 cup butter

1 teaspoon vanilla

12 ounces semisweet chocolate morsels

1 egg

Whipped cream:

2 pints heavy cream

1 cup confectioners' sugar

2 teaspoons vanilla

Chocolate sauce or hot fudge, as an accompaniment

1/2 cup chopped toasted pecans, as an accompaniment

For the ice cream: Reconstitute several tablespoons of the coffee crystals in very small amount of hot water and allow to cool. Combine the egg yolks and sugar in bowl, and whip until thick and light. Scald milk in saucepan, remove from heat, and gradually beat into egg mixture. Place the custard in top of a large double boiler and heat, stirring, until custard is thickened and smooth.

Remove from heat and blend in vanilla, salt, heavy cream, and reconstituted coffee crystals to desired coffee flavor intensity. Chill the custard for at least 6 hours or overnight, then freeze in ice cream freezer according to manufacturer's directions. Return to freezer until ready to assemble mud pie.

While ice cream is freezing prepare Chocolate Brownie: Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

In a small bowl mix together the flour and baking soda.

In a small saucepan combine sugar, water, and butter. Bring to a boil and remove from the heat. Stir in the vanilla and half the chocolate morsels and mix well until smooth. Cool mixture to room temperature.

Stir the egg into cooled mixture and beat well. Add the flour mixture and stir to blend. Fold in remaining chocolate chips. Pour into a greased, 9-inch baking pan, round or square. (You may wish to line pan with parchment paper to ease removal, or use a non-stick pan.) Bake for 30 to 35 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean. Cool completely.

For the Whipped Cream: Combine the cream, sugar and vanilla in a chilled bowl and whip to stiff peaks. Refrigerate until ready to use.

Carefully remove entire brownie from pan onto serving plate. Top with an even, thick layer of ice cream. Top with a layer of whipped cream. Can be refrozen at this point and held for up to 1 week. Serve wedges drizzled with chocolate sauce or fudge and a sprinkle of toasted pecans

Answer 2

MS's state flower is a magnolia and their welcome sign entering the state is the outline of the state with a big magnolia blossom in the center.  I think that would look nice on the cake.  The picture is about 1/4 the way down on the right on this wikipedia page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi

Answer 3

mississippi mud cake

http://www.cooks.com/rec/search/0,1-0,mi...

maybe you could use this recipe and shape it like the state or something MS is famous for...

Answer 4

MISSISSIPPI FUDGE CAKE

2 sticks melted butter

4 eggs

1/3 c. cocoa

1-1/2 c. flour

1 c. coconut

1 c. chopped nuts (pecans are best)

1 16-oz. jar marshmellow cream

ICING:

1 stick melted butter

1/3 c. cocoa

1 tsp. vanilla

1 box powdered sugar

1/2 c. chopped nuts

1/3 c. canned milk

...Mix first 6 cake ingredients together by hand.  Bake at 350 in jelly-roll pan (16x11:) for 20-30 min.  While cake is still hot, spread marshmellow cream over top.  Let cake cool completely before icing.  Mix last 6 ingredients well.  The icing may be thin, but will set as it cools.  Frost and cut into squares to serve

Oh... it's MS (my best friend lives there)

Answer 5

It's MS.

Some things that are associated with our state are cotton, catfish, Blues Music, magnolias and sports. Really depends on what area they're from. Some are really into college sports...are they fans of any that you're aware of?

Where are they from?

Hope this helps.

Answer 6

Ask Web Search how to make a Chocolate Mud Cake.

When I was a kid we used to sing a song: "It's a treat to beat your feet on the Mississippi Mud" (ha-ha).

Answer 7

Mississippi Mud Pie.

Visit http://www.eternalbaking.com/chocolateta... for the video instructions on how to make it.

Recipe :

130gm Dark Couverture Chocolate

60gm Soft Flour

170gm Sugar

4 nos Whole Eggs

120gm Unsalted Butter

200gm Ganache

300gm Sugar Dough

Method :

1) Line a 9" (23cm) tart mould with sugar dough.

2) Melt the chocolate on a double boiler.

3) Melt the butter on a double boiler.

4) Mix the flour, sugar, eggs and melted butter in a mixing bowl.

5) Mix in the melted chocolate and stir.

6) Pour the chocolate mixture into the tart mould lined with sugar dough.

7) Bake in oven at 180C (356F) for about 25 minutes.

8) Remove tart from mould and leave to completely cool.

9) Coat with ganache on top and serve.