Chocolate Earthquake Cake

Total Time: 55 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 10
• 1 cup chopped pecans or 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package german chocolate cake mix
• 3 eggs (or as called for by your cake mix)
• 1/3 cup oil (or as called for by your cake mix)
• 1 1/3 cups water (or as called for by your cake mix)
• 1/2 cup butter
• 8 ounces cream cheese
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 4 cups confectioners' sugar

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f.
• 2 grease a cake tin.
• 3 cover the bottom of the cake tin with the chopped pecans and flaked coconut.
• 4 prepare cake mix as per package instructions.
• 5 pour over the chopped pecans and flaked coconut.
• 6 melt butter.
• 7 add to it the cream cheese, extract and confectione's sugar.
• 8 stir well, and then pour over the cake bottom.
• 9 bake for 40-45 minutes or until done.
• 10 please bear in mind that one cannot test for doneness as the cake will appear sticky even when done.