Chocolate Pecan Cake

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• Ready In: 1 hr 30 mins
• Yields: 1 delish cake

Ingredients

• 1⁄2 cup butter
• 1⁄2 cup granulated sugar
• 1⁄2 cup  shredded coconut
• 2⁄3 cup  chopped pecans
• 1⁄2 cup  semisweet chocolate morsel
• 2  tablespoons milk
• 1  cup flour
• 1⁄2 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 1⁄2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1⁄3 cup water
• 1  egg

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Melt 1/2 stick of the butter in a small saucepan.
3. Remove from heat, stir in brown sugar, coconut, pecans, chocolate morsels and milk; blend well.
4. Spread the mixture in the bottom of a 9 inch round cake pan.
5. Set aside.
6. Stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl.
7. Add the remaining 1/2 stick of butter, the vanilla, water and egg; beat until the batter is thoroughly blended and smooth.
8. Pour over the coconut pecan mixture, bake for about 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
9. Cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn onto a serving plate, coconut pecan mixture on top.
10. Serve the cake warm or cold with vanilla ice cream.