diane's mound cake
This recipe was given to me in 1976 by a friend. I've changed it some to make it work for me. It has been so long I don't remember what changes I made but this is the way I make it now and have for 30 years. My kids love it. It makes a very impressive cake. It looks like it takes a lot of time but it doesn't really. By the time your layers are cool you can have everything else ready to go.
prep time
45 Min
cook time
30 Min
method
Bake
yield
16 serving(s)
Ingredients
- CAKE LAYERS
- 1 box cake mix, devils food
- 5 large eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- FILLING
- 1 can evaporated milk
- 30 large marshmallows or 1 (6 oz. pkg. mini )
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 packages 12 oz. frozen fresh coconut
- FROSTING
- 1/2 stick butter, melted
- 1/4 cup brown sugar, light
- 4 tablespoons cocoa, unsweetened
- 4-6 tablespoons milk
- 2 cups powdered sugar
How To Make diane's mound cake
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Step 1Mix cake ingredients and bake in 2 9" layer pans. 28 min. at 350* or till they spring back when touched.
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Step 2Cool 10 min. in pans on wire rack then turn out to cool completely. When cool, slice each layer across center to make 4 layers.
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Step 3While your cake is baking and cooling cook in a large boiler the filling ingredients except COCONUT over low heat. Double boiler works good unless you have heavy bottom pans. When your marshmellows melt add 1 pkg. of the coconut and about half of the second one. Just to thicken the filling. It needs to soak into the cake so it will be moist so don't make it too thick.
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Step 4The filling will go between the layers and on top. Don't put it on the top layer till after you frost sides. Frosting will go around the sides.
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Step 5Melt butter with brown sugar and cocoa. Stir in 4 T milk and beat in powdered sugar with a hand mixer or hand blender. Use 2 T more milk if you need to make spreading consistency.
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Step 6Frost around the sides only. If you can bring up a small lip at top edge it will keep the filling from running over the edge when you add it last.
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