Best Coconut Chocolate Cake Recipe

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I hope other families enjoy this cake as much as my family does. I've given almost 100 copies of this recipe to others who have tried the cake and liked it.—Dorothy West, Nacogdoches, Texas

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Best Coconut Chocolate Cake Recipe
  • Prep: 35 min. Bake: 20 min.
  • Yield: 35 Servings
35 20 55

Ingredients

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup butter, cubed
  • 1 cup water
  • 1/4 cup baking cocoa
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • TOPPING:
  • 1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk, divided
  • 1-1/4 cups sugar, divided
  • 20 large marshmallows
  • 1 package (14 ounces) coconut
  • 2 cups slivered almonds, toasted, divided
  • 1/2 cup butter, cubed
  • 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions

  • In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In a small saucepan, combine the butter, water and 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-in. x 10-in. x 1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° 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, 3/4 cup sugar and marshmallows; cook and stir until marshmallows are melted. Remove from heat; stir in coconut. Immediately sprinkle 1 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. Yield: 35 servings.

Nutritional Facts 1 serving (1 piece) equals 317 calories, 18 g fat (10 g saturated fat), 37 mg cholesterol, 199 mg sodium, 39 g carbohydrate, 2 g fiber, 4 g protein.

Originally published as Coconut Chocolate Cake in Taste of Home April/May 2000, p54

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Reviewed on Jul. 08, 2010 by kknepper

loved it, very rich , very sweet but very tasty


Reviewed on May. 25, 2010 by angelasandoval

Delicious! But the recipe makes enough chocolate to drizzle over half a dozen cakes.


Reviewed on May. 02, 2010 by briandean

I made this for a friend's birthday. He loved it. I didn't add the almonds though, just because I wasn't sure if he liked almonds and the cake was a surprise. The cake itself is very easy to make, as is the topping. The topping makes A LOT. There's a lot of chocolate to drizzle too, I used less than half.


Reviewed on Mar. 29, 2010 by laurelo

It is delicious, like an almond joy bar- I'm wondering- It seems like I had an abundant amount of chocolate to drizzle over the top. I recommend letting it cool off before drizzling on cake.


Reviewed on Mar. 20, 2010 by sylviamols

The cake is delicious. I screwed up making the topping by using all of the evaporated milk to melt the sugar and marshmellows, but it still turned out ok. I didn't have any milk left to melt the chocolate chips so I subsistuted chocolate out of a bottle. I definately will make it again.


Reviewed on Mar. 18, 2010 by tkarinas

Coconut chocolate cake is a recipe I simply love and so does my family. This recipe is one we'll make many more times and keep in my recipe box, as it is just plain delicious.

 
 
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