A Different Cake

"We have trouble eating up a large cake, I end up throwing out a lot. So here is my answer to that problem. This makes a 9 inch round, simply delicious cake that I know you will love. And it's easy to make, so you can always have a fresh one."
 
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Ready In:
53mins
Ingredients:
15
Serves:
6
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ingredients

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directions

  • Heat oven to 350*.
  • Melt the 3 T butter in a 9 inch round cake pan.
  • Stir in the brown sugar and water.
  • Sprinkle with coconut and pecans.
  • Set aside.
  • In mixing bowl, mix the flour, sugar, cocoa, brown sugar, and baking powder.
  • Add milk, butter, eggs and vanilla.
  • Beat on med for 1-1/2 minutes.
  • Spread batter into prepared pan.
  • Bake for 45 minutes or until cake tests done.
  • Cool on wire rack for 5 minutes.
  • Loosen the sides and invert onto cake plate.
  • Sprinkle with chocolate chips while still warm.

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Reviews

  1. MizzNezz, this was, indeed, excellent! Easy and quick to put together...and just the right size for a party of 4! I usually tweak recipes even just a little to suit our own personal tastes but I didn't change a thing when I made this cake (although next time I might use Kahlua instead of the water!). I even baked it for exactly 45 minutes! I don't know if it was suppose to turn out this way, but the texture of the cake was pleasantly fudgey! I will absolutely be making this again and again! Thanks for a great recipe! M&Mers
     
  2. Oh, MizzNezz, you are so smart and so talented! What a delicious cake! Great for our small family. I like to make a treat once in a while on the weekend, but usually end up with too much and we eat cake all week, or throw it out. This was just enough for a weekend diversion from our diet. And WHAT a cake! It was just delicious. I left off the chocolate chips, because it was father's day and DH just likes his cake plain; so I kept it simple. Thank you so much, there's a reason you're number 1!!!
     
  3. This was good and moist for me. I used a full cup of chocolate chips (because I'm a chocoholic), and 3/4 cup of coconut. Other than that I kept to the recipe and I love it.
     
  4. Was delicious. Was easy to make. Not a fan of nuts so i put in chocolate buttons, as well as putting them in the cake mix. Came out great. The top was a bit chewy, but i think i didn't add enough butter. The main body of the cake was soft and spongey. Served great with double cream.
     
  5. This was a good cake, it wasn't quite chocolatey enough for me and I did make a few changes. I replaced the coconut and pecan with toasted slivered almonds. And subbed brandy as suggested for the water. It did turn out so pretty with the almonds that I didn't add the chocolate chips because I didn't want to spoil the effect. Thanks!!
     
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Tweaks

  1. This was a good cake, it wasn't quite chocolatey enough for me and I did make a few changes. I replaced the coconut and pecan with toasted slivered almonds. And subbed brandy as suggested for the water. It did turn out so pretty with the almonds that I didn't add the chocolate chips because I didn't want to spoil the effect. Thanks!!
     
  2. MizzNezz, this was excellent. The perfect size for the two of us. I used walnuts because we prefer them, and omitted the choc-chips because there's no kids at our house. And it was wonderful. It baked in 35 mins. The suggestion of using Kahlua instead of water is intriguing. I must try that. Thanks for sharing this great little recipe.
     
  3. MizzNezz, this was, indeed, excellent! Easy and quick to put together...and just the right size for a party of 4! I usually tweak recipes even just a little to suit our own personal tastes but I didn't change a thing when I made this cake (although next time I might use Kahlua instead of the water!). I even baked it for exactly 45 minutes! I don't know if it was suppose to turn out this way, but the texture of the cake was pleasantly fudgey! I will absolutely be making this again and again! Thanks for a great recipe! M&Mers
     

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After DH and I moved away from the farm, and to the city...I haven't done as much cooking and very little canning. But I do come to Zaar and look for new recipes once in a while. I'm still cooking Zaar!! I like to play at Facebook, with my family and friends. A lot of my Zaar friends are there!! Yay! It's a good way to keep in touch. We travel more. We're looking at the European trips now. Hope to go in the springtime. I really want to see London, I think I lived there in a past life, I've been obsessed with it since I was 10 years old!!
 
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