Best Coconut Chocolate Cake
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I hope other families enjoy this coconut chocolate cake as much as my family does.
Dorothy West Nacogdoches, Texas
Best Coconut Chocolate Cake Recipe
Best Coconut Chocolate Cake
2 cups flour
2 cups sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
½ tsp. salt
1 cup butter, cubed
1 cup water
¼ cup baking cocoa
2 eggs
½ cup buttermilk
1 tsp. vanilla
Topping: 1 can (12 oz.) evaporated milk, divided
1 ¼ cups sugar, divided
20 large marshmallows
1 package (14 oz.) coconut
2 cups slivered almonds, toasted, divided
½ cup butter, cubed
1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In a small saucepan, combine the butter, water, cocoa. Cook and stir until butter is melted; add to dry ingredients. Combine the eggs, buttermilk and vanilla; add to chocolate mixture and mix well.
Pour into a greased 15×10 inch baking pan. Bake at 350 F. for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the center comes out clean.
Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, combine 1 cup evaporated milk, ¾ cup sugar and marshmallows; cook and stir until marshmallows are melted. Remove from heat; stir in coconut. Immediately sprinkle I cup almonds over cake. Spread coconut mixture over top. Sprinkle with remaining almonds (pan will be full).
In a small saucepan, combine butter with remaining milk and sugar. Cook and stir until butter is melted. Remove from the heat; stir in chocolate chips until melted. Drizzle over almonds. Cool on a wire rack.
35 servings
(Recipe for Best Coconut Chocolate Cake was on www.tasteofhome.com, 2014)
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