Earthquake Cake

Name: Earthquake Cake
Prep time: 50 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 24
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 887 milliliters pound confectioners sugar; 227 grams cream cheese, softened; 1 box German chocolate cake mix plus eggs, oil and water as called for on box; 237 milliliters walnuts or pecans, toasted and chopped; 113 grams (1 stick) butter, softened (salted or unsalted okay); 118 milliliters semisweet chocolate chips; 315 milliliters sweetened flaked coconut; 1 teaspoon vanilla

This recipe serves 24. This recipe covers 3% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One portion of this dish contains around 2g of protein, 13g of fat, and a total of 280 calories. A mixture of german chocolate cake mix plus eggs, confectioners' sugar, butter, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so flavorful. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 50 minutes.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Rub a 9×13 inch metal baking pan thoroughly with butter. If using a glass dish, preheat to 32

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Butter

Dry Seasoning Rub

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Baking Pan

Oven

Sprinkle the coconut over the bottom of the pan, then layer with the nuts and chocolate chips.In a medium bowl, using a hand held electric mixer, beat the softened butter, cream cheese, confectioners sugar and vanilla until smooth.In a large mixing bowl, using the same mixer (you don’t have to clean it), beat the cake mix and other ingredients called for on box (eggs, oil and water) until smooth.

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Powdered Sugar

Chocolate Chips

Cream Cheese

Cake Mix

Coconut

Vanilla

Butter

Water

Egg

Nuts

Cooking Oil

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Hand Mixer

Mixing Bowl

Blender

Frying Pan

Pour the cake mix over the coconut mixture.Drop spoonfuls of cream cheese mixture over the cake mix and gently spread it to make one even layer. Don’t spread it all the way to the sides.

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Cream Cheese

Spread

Coconut

Bake for 40 to 50 minutes.

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Oven

Let the cake cool completely at room temperature, then transfer it to the refrigerator and chill before serving. You can serve it chilled or bring it back down to room temperature after chilling, but chilling makes it easier to slice.