Compared to other variations, this one requires a little more time, but it’s worth it! Both filling and beautiful to look at. Prior to presenting, resist the impulse to stir excessively. It looks incredibly attractive when the cheese is kept as white as possible.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 30 mins |
| Additional Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 16 |
| Yield: | 1 to 9 – layer inch cake |
Ingredients
- 1 (18.25 ounce) package chocolate fudge cake mix
- 1 ⅓ cups brewed coffee
- 2 tablespoons butter
- ½ cup evaporated milk
- 25 large marshmallows
- 1 (14 ounce) package flaked coconut
- 1 (16 ounce) container prepared chocolate fudge frosting
Instructions
- Prepare and bake cake mix according to package directions for two 9 inch round pans, except substitute brewed coffee for the water. Cool cakes completely.
- Make the Filling: In a saucepan over medium heat, combine butter and evaporated milk. Bring to a boil. Add the marshmallows and stir until melted and smooth. Stir in coconut.
- Assemble the cake: Place bottom layer on serving plate. Spread with entire coconut filling. Cover top and sides with fudge frosting. Refrigerate.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 425 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 64 g |
| Cholesterol | 6 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 3 g |
| Protein | 4 g |
| Saturated Fat | 10 g |
| Sodium | 426 mg |
| Sugars | 44 g |
| Fat | 19 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This cake was amazing! Made it for my father’s birthday. The filling is almost the exact same as a Mounds bar. Delicious. Next time I’m going to try to incorporate almonds into the filling or maybe just on top. Not sure yet. But I can’t wait to try this cake again!
Sooooo good. Shelby, there is another recipe elsewhere for the same filling, except it also contained 1 cup of sugar. I think that too sweet, maybe 1/2 cup? Cook milk, butter & sugar 10 minutes, then stir in marshmallows. Continue as directed, but do remember to cool filling before using it.
Lovely filling that you could use in virtually any cake. It was delicious! I made a cake from scratch but added the brewed coffee instead of water, and I used my own butter cream frosting. The filling is such a wonderful addition – thanks!
Delicious cake. You could almost cut the filling recipe in 1/2. Everyone love this cake.
Although my family isn’t big fans of boxed cake mixes and containerized frostings, I followed this to the letter, and I’m so glad I did! For this quick and easy recipe, we were rewarded with outstanding flavor and texture. Thanks Vickeylee.
I am a true coconut freak and I LOVE this cake!! I made sure to make this cake a part of my last two birthdays and will continue to in the future. It is wonderful!
This was exceptional! The only thing I have to add is this: Make sure you let the coconut filling cool before attempting to use it. I didn’t let it cool and when I started frosting with the chocolate, I had the coconut oozing out all over and it made a real mess. Fortunately, putting it in the fridge for an hour saved it. Once it set a bit I kind of smooshed everything back it and refrosted over with more chocolate frosting. It ended up looking great and tasting even better! I used devil’s food cake mix and milk chocolate frosting…next time I think I will try dark chocolate frosting. Thanks!
For my taste, the marshmallow/evaporated milk mixture was not sweet enough. Maybe sweetened condensed milk instead would make it taste okay?