This creamy Chocolate Coconut Poke Cake will get rave reviews from the coconut lovers in your life. Make a pan and watch it disappear!
(photos updated April 2017)
You know the days...the ones that make you want to consume chocolate at an alarming rate? Well, it was that kind of weekend. And not because it was Easter, and the bunny brought lots of chocolate.
First thing that made me want to dive into the chocolate bowl was doing a research paper with the 2nd grader over a holiday weekend. Yes, we knew about it for a couple of weeks and yes, we could have (should have) worked on it before.
We did actually do the research part of it last week, so all we had left to do was write it in his own words. I now understand the phrase "like pulling teeth". Sheesh!!! He wanted to take breaks, wanted to play with the kids, wanted to eat something, and wanted to not do it at all. I had to be the mean mom and make him sit at the desk for a whole hour.
Then we started getting ready for church Friday night. Not a big deal...until our daughter started to get dressed. Oh my word!!!The first dress "made her look fat", and there was no convincing her otherwise!
The next dress she just "didn't like it". There were many tears and outbursts until she chose another dress. And she is only 10, so I'm getting skeeered for the teen years.
Bring on more chocolate!!!!
I swear our dog goes into EVERY room and sniffs food out. She finds anything and everything that is food if it isn't put up. I had the kid's Easter stuff in tied up plastic bags by my bed. Bad idea!!!! She tore the bags apart and ate every single piece of chocolate!!! AAAACCCCKKKK!!!
I needed that chocolate!!!!
Now just so you know, she is fine. She only ate three small cheapy chocolate bunnies and a few Reese's Pieces. But oh, I was SO not happy with her!!!!
The last thing that makes me want to bury myself in chocolate. I am officially on the downward slope to 40!!! Today is my birthday, and I am now 36!
Chocolate needs to be a part of today for sure. Maybe I should make another yummy chocolate coconut cake? If you have had a bad day or WEEKEND, I suggest this yummy cake. It will make all the trouble melt away!!!
Recipe
Chocolate Coconut Poke Cake
This creamy Chocolate Coconut Poke Cake will get rave reviews from the coconut lovers in your life. Make a pan and watch it disappear!
Ingredients
- 1 chocolate cake mix
- 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 15 ounce can cream of coconut
- 8 ounce container Cool Whip, thawed
- 2 cups toasted sweetened shredded coconut
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 9x13 pan with nonstick spray.
- Make cake according to package directions and bake 28-30 minutes.
- Remove cake and cool 5 minutes. Use a fork to poke holes all over the cake.
- Place the can of cream of coconut in a bowl of hot water for a few minutes.
- Open the cream of coconut and the sweetened condensed milk and mix together in a bowl.
- Slowly drizzle spoonfuls of the milk mixture over the top of the cake. Use the back of the spoon to smooth it into the holes. Cool completely.
- Cover the cake with the Cool Whip and sprinkle with the toasted coconut. Refrigerate in a covered container until ready to serve.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 24 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 218Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 10gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 29mgSodium: 75mgCarbohydrates: 21gFiber: 1gSugar: 19gProtein: 3g
Nutrition facts are an estimate and are not guaranteed to be accurate. If you need special diet advice, please see a registered dietician.
Donna
Way, way, way too sweet! I loved the idea, but think that you could do just the coconut cream, and skip the sweetened condensed milk. Both of them was just too much, and the whole bottom of the cake was a soggy mess of sweetness. I ended up cutting that whole part of the cake off and tossing it.
Claire
Exactly what I thought. Good, easy cake but way, way, way too sweet and soggy.
Judy
Is there a substitute for the cream of coconut ,can not find the cream only the coconut milk
Jocelyn
Definitely do not use the coconut milk because it would make it soupy. I have always found the cream of coconut in the liquor aisle at most stores, even though it is not an alcoholic beverage. You could add a little bit of coconut extract to the sweetened condensed milk to get the coconut flavor too.
Susan
I find it on the baking isle and they always
put it on the bottom row lol. The one I buy is in a small thin but round can.
Karen
"In the alcoholic aisle at Wal-Mart"???!!! I didn't know whether to laugh or cry when I read that one. Maybe "liquor aisle" might be better?
Jocelyn
Ok, well, I'm going to join you in the laughter or tears...I totally meant just "alcohol" aisle.
Gretchen Fritz
I was so impressed by this quick and easy cake. It sounds like it would taste of those Snowballs by Hostess. I am baking it right now, and I will post how it turned out. So far, I did tweak it a bit and added 1/4 heavy cream with the water, in total of 1 1/4 cup. Just for mouth feel and richness.
Michelle
Made this cake for Easter and everyone loved it. It's kinda sweet, so I plan on making it tmw for my hubby's birthday with the yellow cake mix instead of chocolate like he suggested. Hopefully it comes out as good as the chocolate one did.
Jocelyn Brubaker
I'm glad everyone liked it. Any flavor of cake will be sweet because of the sweetened condensed milk and Cool Whip. Hopefully he likes the yellow better though.
danijela
what is in the chocolate cake mix? Can i make my own brownie like mix, cause i dont buy cake mixes.
Jocelyn Brubaker
I have never made this particular recipe without a box mix. The cake mix isn't prepared the same way a normal cake is made. It's worth buying a $1 box mix to try these. Or if you want to experiment with your own version, keep me posted on how it works.
Jocelyn Brubaker
I have never made this particular recipe without a box mix. The cake mix isn't prepared the same way a normal cake is made. It's worth buying a $1 box mix to try these. Or if you want to experiment with your own version, keep me posted on how it works.
Heather {Woods of Bell Trees}
It's not funny, but it made me giggle a little that the dog ate the chocolate! Sounds like something our pup would do! Oh Yum choco coconut cake!
Katie @ The Casual Craftlete
Dang girl, this cake look awesome! Everyday is a 'I need chocolate' day for me. Pinning this for sure. Thanks for sharing your recipe 🙂
Elisa
This LOOKED like a great recipe. Must have been written incorrectly. No way should it need 1 1/4 c of water. Wasted so many ingredients!
Jocelyn Brubaker
I am really sorry this didn't work for you. I know the ingredients are right though because I have made it many times and it has always turned out ok with that much water.
Elisa
Do we really use 1 1/4 c of water? Seems so liquidy.
Jocelyn Brubaker
That is what I used for my cake. Basically you are making the cake just as the back of the package says for a 9x13 pan.
Elisa
The cake box says 1/4 c.
Jocelyn Brubaker
All the cake mixes in my cupboard use 1 cup or more of water. You might want to check your box...it might have been a brownie mix.
rebeca
Veli, did you heat the coconut cream? it needs to be melted into a liquid form, in Canada i havent found coconut cream but coconut milk, which looks the same as everyone has described, not sure if its the same product with different names but it worked
Jocelyn Brubaker
The coconut milk will work, but it is slightly runnier. I used the cream of coconut which is thicker.
Veli
I don't know what i did wrong, but my coconut/condensed milk mixture was soooo thick it sat on top of the cake instead of soaking in. what did i do wrong? Thank you! Everybody loved the result, but I know it was not the right one! Thank you!
Jocelyn Brubaker
Did you poke lots of holes in the cake? And did you pour the milk on while the cake was hot? I very slowly pour the milk on...actually it's more like drizzle it on with a spoon trying to get the milk into all the little holes. You can also poke the cake with the end of a wooden spoon for bigger holes for the milk to go into. I usually just use a fork when doing the sweetened condensed milk. I'm glad that everyone still loved how it tasted though.
Veli
Thank you for the quick response. Yes- I did poke a LOT of holes. But the mixture /coconut cream+milk was almost like a dough... there was no way it is soaking in.... is it possible it is coconut milk? because what I found as coconut cream was not in cans, but in boxes and very hard. When put in hot water it become more runny, but not enough... Any suggestions? Can you find a pic of what you bought?
Thank you
Jocelyn Brubaker
It is definitely the cream of coconut. I let my cans sit in hot water until it was runny enough to mix with the condensed milk. You may need to just heat the cream of coconut in the microwave or on the stove until it is runny enough to pour.
Melissa @ No. 2 Pencil
Oh my goodness! I need to make this asap! So yummy!
Crystal Brewer
We fix ours with cream of coconut instead if condensed milk really really good
Jocelyn Brubaker
This has a whole can of cream of coconut in it too 🙂
Susan
I was wondering if I could leave out the
Condensed milk. The can of cream of coconut is already really rich/sweet.
Jocelyn
It really is better if you use both cans of milk. I realize that is a lot of sugar and sweetness, but it is so very good that way.
Trish - Mom On Timeout
Oh my Jocelyn! My Dad would KILL for this cake! I'm thinking it's going to making an appearance on Father's Day if not sooner 🙂
kristi@ishouldbemoppingthefloor
Oh wow....love anything with coconut. And chocolate? You just took this to a whole new level!!
Mackenzie
This looks delicious Jocelyn! We have TONS of bdays in June; pinning this for a bday! 🙂