Best Coconut Chocolate Cake
Best Coconut Chocolate Cake takes approximately 55 minutes from beginning to end. For 30 cents per serving, you get A mixture of baking cocoa, semisweet chocolate chips, vanillan extract, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious.
Instructions
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.
Recommended wine: Cream Sherry, Port, Moscato Dasti
Chocolate Cake works really well with Cream Sherry, Port, and Moscato d'Asti. A common wine pairing rule is to make sure your wine is sweeter than your food. Delicate desserts go well with Moscato d'Asti, nutty desserts with cream sherry, and caramel or chocolate desserts pair well with port. One wine you could try is NV Solera Cream Sherry. It has 4.5 out of 5 stars and a bottle costs about 17 dollars.
NV Solera Cream Sherry
The Solera Cream Sherry has a brilliant amber and deep copper hue. With butterscotch and pecan aromas, the sweet salted nut and brown spice aromas carry a complex caramel accent. A sweet entry leads to a rounded, lush, moderately full-bodied palate with a lengthy, flavorful finish.