Chocolate Coconut Mounds Cake

Submitted by Marie

"A yummy chocolate cake that tastes like my favorite Mounds candy bar. What could be better? Made easy with a cake mix. Enjoy!"

 

• Ready In: 1hr 5mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 12

ingredients

• 1 (18 ounce) package chocolate cake mix
• 3 eggs (or as called for by your cake mix)
• 1⁄3 cup oil (or as called for by your cake mix)
• 1 1⁄3 cups water (or as called for by your cake mix)

• For filling layer

• 1 cup sugar
• 1 cup milk
• 2 1⁄2 cups mini marshmallows
• 14 ounces coconut

• For frosting

• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1/2 cup margarine
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 (12 ounce) package chocolate chips

directions

1. Prepare cake mix according to package directions and bake in a 9 x 13 greased and floured pan.
2. During the last minutes of baking, bring to a boil, 1 c sugar, 1 c milk and marshmallows.
3. Watch closely, it burns easily.
4. Remove from heat and stir in coconut.
5. Pour over cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.
6. For frosting, bring to a boil, 1/2 c milk, the butter and 1 c sugar.
7. Add chocolate chips and stir until they are melted.
8. Pour over second layer of cake and refrigerate overnight.

Reviews

[Susie in Texas]

This cake is sinfully rich and delicious!!! It is not difficult to make and the filling and frosting do remind you of a Mounds bar. Definitely on my keeper list! Thanks, Marie, for sharing!

 

[mhooper12000]

This was delicious. I made it for my mother-in-law's birthday because this is her favorite kind of cake. She said it was much better then the ones she had gotten at the local bakery in past years. I used a Duncan Hines Dark Chocolate Fudge cake mix. I would definitely use a wooden spoon handle to poke holes all over the cake so that the toppings can get down in the cake more, but still a great recipe! Thank you for sharing:)

 

[Love2Eat]

This recipe deserves 10 stars! I made this today for my mom's birthday cake so it didn't get the overnight chilling, but it was fine with 6 hours in the fridge. It was a HUGE hit!!! Three of the men had seconds and I caught my sister eating the pieces that had broken off in the pan. It was absolutely amazing....moist, and so like a mounds bar! Not for calorie counters for sure, but go ahead...you only live once! Thanks for our new favourite dessert!

 

[Lil Sis]

I made this to have for our 3rd anniversary yesterday. Hubby loves chocolate and coconut so this was perfect for him. We both loved it! I only had 7oz of coconut so my filling was a little thin but it was still fantastic. Thanks for this delicious recipe!

 

[Chef summerlover]

I made this for my son's 6th birthday and other than baking my own chocolate cake first I followed the recipe exactly. It turned out really yummy...dense and decadent. I did have a little trouble with the some of the syrupy filling running down into the cake pan after some pieces had been removed. But this could be because during the cooking stage, I had to remove it from the stove just before it came to a boil as it grew SO much and was threatening to overflow onto the stove. Moral of the storey - use the biggest saucepan you own!!! I will make this again for sure! Oh, and I may cut back on the frosting by 1/4-1/3 as it really made a ton!