I've never tried an Earthquake cake before, and honestly I can't believe I waited so long! They're usually made with a German chocolate cake mix, however I wanted to use red velvet and I also prepared it in a different way. Instead of putting the coconut on the bottom, I mixed mine with the cream cheese, tossed in some chocolate chips, and skipped the nuts. This cake was so moist and delicious! I love how simple it is to make...and it is so good it doesn't even need a frosting. If you're in a hurry and need a quick and easy dessert, make sure you try this one...you won't be disappointed!
Don't forget to try Chocolate Fudge and Pumpkin too!
Ingredients are as follows:
1 box Red Velvet Cake Mix (plus the ingredients needed to prepare the cake)
1/2 C butter
8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 tsp. vanilla
2 C powdered sugar
1 C semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 C coconut
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees; grease a 9x13" pan.
Melt the butter either in the microwave or on the stove.
Mix in the cream cheese, vanilla, and powdered sugar.
Fold in the chocolate chips and coconut; set aside.
1 box Red Velvet Cake Mix (plus the ingredients needed to prepare the cake)
1/2 C butter
8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 tsp. vanilla
2 C powdered sugar
1 C semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 C coconut
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees; grease a 9x13" pan.
Melt the butter either in the microwave or on the stove.
Mix in the cream cheese, vanilla, and powdered sugar.
Fold in the chocolate chips and coconut; set aside.
Prepare cake mix according to the package directions.
Pour batter into prepared pan.
Spoon dollops of the cream cheese mixture onto the batter leaving a 1" edge.
Lightly swirl the batter around continuing to leave a 1" edge.
Bake in preheated oven for 40-45 minutes. Allow to cool before slicing.
Slice, serve and enjoy!
Pour batter into prepared pan.
Spoon dollops of the cream cheese mixture onto the batter leaving a 1" edge.
Lightly swirl the batter around continuing to leave a 1" edge.
Bake in preheated oven for 40-45 minutes. Allow to cool before slicing.
Slice, serve and enjoy!
Yum!! I just bumped this up to the top of my "must try" list. Thanks for sharing!!
ReplyDeleteI am drooling all over my keyboard Lisa! Oh to the yum! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe at the party this week! I am featuring it on my FB page and have pinned it to the You're Gonna Love It Tuesday board (as well as my own dessert board!) on Pinterest :-) Have an awesome weekend!
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This may be a silly question, but why is it called an "earthquake" cake. I know a volcano cake is called that because of the liquid filling that oozes out of thst cake, it but I don't get the name for this one.
ReplyDeleteI think it's because of the way it looks once it's baked...like cracks in the ground after an earthquake :)
DeleteI am craving something sweet and this picture jumped out at me!!! Really. I am making this in the morning.
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