Earthquake cake with swirls of cream cheese, toasted coconut, and pecans can't be beaten. This easy recipe uses pantry ingredients you can keep on hand. Serve these whenever you need a quick protein for dinner or a crowd-pleasing appetizer.
INGREDIENTS
- 1 German Chocolate Cake Mix (prepare as directed on box)
- 1 stick butter (room temperature)
- 1 (8 oz) cream cheese (room temperature)
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 1/2 cups flaked coconut
- 1 cup chopped pecans
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare cake mix and set batter aside.
- Combine butter, cream cheese, and sugar. Blend with an electric mixer until creamy.
- Spray a 13x9x2” cake pan well with baking spray (or grease and flour). Sprinkle coconut evenly across bottom of pan.
- Next,sprinkle nuts evenly over coconut. Pour cake batter over coconut and pecans. Drop cream cheese mixture over top of batter, using a tablespoon, in dollops evenly across top.
- Take your spatula and carefully run it through top of cake to marble cream cheese in a little. (NOT TOO MUCH or it will not make craters while baking)
- Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Take out and enjoy hot or cool!
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