Best Coconut Chocolate Cake

Recipe provided courtesy of Taste of Home magazine.  Find more great recipes at

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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)