Lazy Day Chocolate Coconut Cake
 
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Simple chocolate cake made a little healthier with oatmeal and coconut, topped with rich and fudge-y frosting and finished with a sprinkle of toasted coconut! Perfect simple cake for a lazy day at home.
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Recipe type: Cake
Serves: 20
Ingredients
  • 1½ cups boiling water
  • 1 cup oatmeal (quick oats)
  • ½ cup butter or margarine
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • ½ tsp vanilla
  • ¼ tsp coconut extract
  • ¼ tsp almond extract
  • 1¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup cocoa
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ cup shredded coconut (not toasted)
  • FOR THE FROSTING
  • 6 tbsp butter
  • 3 tbsp cocoa
  • 3 tbsp milk
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 3 cups powdered sugar
  • 1 cup toasted coconut
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees and spray cooking spray in a 9x13 glass baking dish, set aside.
  2. Pour boiling water over oatmeal in a medium-sized mixing bowl and add the ½ cup butter. Let stand for 2-3 minutes or until butter is melted.
  3. Add the brown and white sugar, eggs, vanilla, coconut and almond extracts. Mix well
  4. Add flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Mix thoroughly until everything is incorporated. Stir in shredded coconut and pour batter into prepared 9x13 pan.
  5. Bake at 350 degrees for 28-30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out clean.
  6. Frost cake while still warm. Prepare frosting by:
  7. Combining butter, cocoa and milk in a small sauce pan. Bring to a boil. Remove from heat.
  8. Add powdered sugar and vanilla and whisk until frosting is smooth. Pour frosting over warm cake and smooth out evenly over the cake. Sprinkle top of cake generously with toasted coconut.
  9. To toast the coconut place 1 cup coconut in a microwave safe glass dish. Cook in 30 second intervals, stirring between each interval until coconut is browning being careful not to burn the coconut. I do this while the cake is cooking so it will be cooled off by the time I need to use it.
Recipe by Real Life Dinner at https://reallifedinner.com/lazy-day-chocolate-coconut-cake/