Mother's Day
Chocolate Cake with Coconut Cream Frosting
- Serves 6
Author Notes
Kids love to bake with mom on Mother’s Day! Chocolate is always a favorite! Make my delicious chocolate cake with coconut cream frosting and if you are Gluten Free make your cake using Moon Rabbit Foods Chocolate Cake Mix —Cindy Anschutz
What You'll Need
Ingredients
- Ingredients for Chocolate Cake
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2 cups
flour
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3/4 cup
unsweetened cocoa powder
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1/2 teaspoon
sea salt
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1 teaspoon
baking soda
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3/4 teaspoon
baking powder
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3/4 cup
unsalted butter, softened
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3
large eggs, room temperature
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2 cups
sugar
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2 teaspoons
vanilla
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1 1/2 cups
buttermilk
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Cooking spray or butter for coating baking pans
- Ingredients for Coconut Cream Frosting
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2
8 ounce packages of cream cheese
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1 cup
(two sticks) unsalted butter, softened
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1 1/2 cups
confectioner's sugar
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1 1/2 teaspoons
vanilla
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1/2 cup
honey
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1 1/2 cups
unsweetened shredded coconut, divided
Directions
- Ingredients for Chocolate Cake
- Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
- Coat two 9 inch round baking pans
- In a large bowl combine flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking powder and baking soda and mix together.
- In a large bowl, beat butter, eggs and vanilla. Continue beating and slowly add sugar on a medium speed for 2-3 minutes.
- Combine in flour mixture and buttermilk to batter while mixing batter. Continue to beat until batter is smooth.
- Divide batter into the two prepared pans
- Bake 25-30 minutes. Toothpick should come out clean.
- Remove from oven and allow cakes to cool in pans for a few minutes before removing from pan. Place on a wire rack to cool completely.
- Prepare frosting. When frosting add some of the coconut to the middle layer then the remaining to the top of the cake after frosting!
- Ingredients for Coconut Cream Frosting
- Using your stand mixer or hand mixer blend the cream cheese and butter together until smooth. Add the confectioner’s sugar, honey and vanilla and continue to mix until the icing is very smooth, about 2 minutes. Add in ¾ cup coconut and combine well into mixture.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes to 1 hour before icing your cake.
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