Coconut Coffee Liqueur Cake
photo by Sara 76
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
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12
ingredients
- 1 (18 1/4 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)
- 2 1⁄2 teaspoons instant coffee
- 1⁄4 cup Tia Maria, coffee liqueur
- 2 cups 1% low-fat milk
- 1 (5 ounce) package vanilla instant pudding mix
- 1⁄4 cup Tia Maria, coffee liqueur
- 1 1⁄2 cups heavy cream
- 3 tablespoons white sugar
- 3 cups flaked coconut, toasted
directions
- Make cake mix according to instructions on package.
- Add the instant coffee and mix well.
- Pour the batter into 2 greased and floured 9 inch cake pans.
- Bake according to instructions on package.
- Place on wire rack to cool completely.
- With a large serrated knife, split each cake horizontally to make 4 layers.
- Sprinkle 1/4 cup of the Tia Maria on the cake layers and set aside. Try to add the same amount of liqueur on each cake.
- Make the vanilla pudding using the package directions, -- please note -- that you have to use the remaining 1/4 cup of Tia Maria as part of your liquid ingredients in the pudding .
- Spread 1/3 of the pudding between each layer of cake as you assemble it.
- Whip cream with sugar until stiff peaks form and spread the top and sides of cake the cake and sprinkle with the toasted coconut.
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Reviews
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I completely messed this up, but it was still delicious! My mistake was in buying a mud cake mix...mud cakes don't rise much, so I ended up with super thin layers, which ALL fell apart when I put the third layer on top. I had promised to take dessert to a BBQ that night, so, not wanting to waste these ingredients (and having no time to re-do it) I turned this into a layered dessert, instead of a cake, by placing it all in a glass bowl, and topping it with whipped cream and coconut. I didn't put sugar in the cream (personal preference). I look forward to trying this again, with a better choice of cake mix! [Made for Aus/NZ Recipe Swap #24]
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