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Chocolate Earthquake Cake Recipe

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Does Chocolate Cheesecake Cake Need to be Refrigerated?

While many cakes themselves do better when stored in an airtight container on the counter, not all cakes should be left out. When it comes to cream cheese, as in cream cheese icing or cakes with cream cheese in it, like chocolate cheesecake cake, you want to store the cake in the refrigerator. Anything with cream cheese should not be left out for more than 6 hours. This can cause the cream cheese to turn sour and make you sick or cause the cake to go bad faster. When storing the chocolate cheesecake cake, you should keep in the refrigerator.

chocolate cheescake cake

Can I Mix the Coconut into the Batter of the Chocolate Coconut Cake?

When making a chocolate coconut cake, like this Earthquake cake, traditionally, the coconut is its own layer. If you are making this cake and want to mix the coconut into the batter you can add the coconut directly into the batter. If will change the texture of the cake when you are eating it, but it shouldn’t change the taste of the cake any. Try to ensure that the coconut is spread evenly through the batter so all pieces of cake have coconut.

slice of earthquake cake

Ingredients in Earthquake Cake

  • Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix
  • Ingredients listed on your cake mix box for preparation
  • Shredded coconut
  • pecans
  • cream cheese
  • butter
  • Powdered sugar
  • Chocolate chips

How to Make Earthquake Cake

Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Sprinkle ½ cup of chopped pecans and 1 ½ cups of shredded coconut in the bottom of a well-greased casserole dish.

pecans in the pan

1 ½ cups of shredded coconut in the bottom of a well-greased casserole dish.

coconut in the pan over the pecans

Prepare the chocolate fudge cake according to package instructions.

chocolate cake batter

Spread the cake batter in an even layer over top of the shredded coconut and pecans.

chocolate cake batter over the pecans and coconut

Blend the cream cheese in a mixing bowl until smooth.

beaten cream cheese in a mixing bowl

Add the melted butter to the cream cheese, and blend again until smooth and creamy.

melted butter being poured into a bowl

Mix in the powdered sugar to the cream cheese mixture a little at a time until it is all well combined.

cheesecake mixture in a bowl

Drop the cream cheese mixture in heaping spoonfuls all over the chocolate cake mix in the casserole dish.

dropped cheesecake in chocolate batter

Sprinkle ½ of the chocolate chips over the top of the cake, and bake for 40-45 minutes until a knife comes out clean when inserted into the center.

earthquake cake batter in pan

Enjoy!

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