Description
Mounds poke cake delivers a tropical chocolate paradise with coconut cream filling and rich chocolate glaze. Creamy layers promise a dreamy dessert experience that chocolate and coconut enthusiasts will savor with pure delight.
Ingredients
Scale
Primary Ingredients:
- 1 box chocolate cake mix (plus ingredients called for on the box)
- 14 ounces (396 grams) sweetened condensed milk
- 15 ounces (425 grams) coconut cream
- 7 ounces (198 grams) sweetened shredded coconut
Topping Ingredients:
- 12 ounces (340 grams) chocolate frosting
- Toasted coconut or almond slivers for garnish (optional)
Instructions
- Craft the chocolate cake according to package guidelines in a thoroughly greased 9×13 inch pan, ensuring thorough baking until a toothpick emerges cleanly from the center.
- While the cake remains piping hot, puncture systematic holes across the entire surface using a wooden spoon handle, maintaining roughly 1-inch intervals between perforations.
- Create a luxurious coconut mixture by whisking sweetened condensed milk and coconut cream until perfectly integrated and silky smooth.
- Meticulously drench the warm cake with the prepared coconut liquid, carefully guiding the mixture into every created perforation.
- Allow the cake to rest and normalize at ambient temperature, permitting complete absorption of the coconut essence over approximately 1-2 hours.
- Liberally blanket the cake’s surface with delicate sweetened shredded coconut, ensuring uniform coverage.
- Transform the chocolate frosting into a fluid state by gently warming in the microwave for 20-30 seconds until pourable.
- Cascade the molten chocolate frosting over the coconut layer, smoothing with a spatula to achieve an even, glossy finish.
- Optional: Embellish with toasted coconut fragments or delicate almond slivers for enhanced texture and visual appeal.
- Refrigerate the assembled dessert for a minimum of one hour, allowing complete structural stabilization before serving.
- Present chilled, accompanied by optional whipped cream or vanilla ice cream for an indulgent experience.
Notes
- Strategically poke holes while the cake is warm to ensure maximum absorption of the rich coconut milk mixture.
- Microwaving the chocolate frosting creates a smooth, pourable consistency that covers the cake beautifully and evenly.
- Chilling the cake for at least an hour helps set the layers and intensifies the decadent flavor combination.
- Toasting coconut or adding almond slivers provides an extra crunch and elevates the cake’s texture and visual appeal.
- Serving the cake cold enhances the dessert’s creamy texture and allows the flavors to meld together perfectly.
- This dessert can be prepared ahead of time, making it ideal for gatherings or make-ahead meal planning.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Desserts
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 350
- Sugar: 30 g
- Sodium: 250 mg
- Fat: 15 g
- Saturated Fat: 8 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 50 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 25 mg