Hurricane Cake

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Servings: 12
Yield: 12 servings

Description

An easy and delicious hurricane cake, also known as earthquake cake. Coconut and pecans are baked under chocolate cake mix, with cream cheese on top.

Ingredients

1 cup margarine, divided
1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup flaked coconut
1 (15 1/4 ounce) package German chocolate cake mix
1 1/4 cups water, or as needed
1/2 cup vegetable oil, or as needed
3 large eggs, or as needed
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
3 3/4 cups confectioners' sugar

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
2 Melt and spread 1/2 cup margarine in the bottom of a 9x13-inch pan. Sprinkle coconut and pecans evenly over the bottom of the pan; set aside.
3 Prepare cake batter by adding cake mix, water, oil, and eggs together in a large bowl. Stir until combined. Pour batter over coconut and pecans in pan.
4 Melt cream cheese and remaining 1/2 cup margarine in a saucepan over low heat. Stir in confectioners' sugar until mixture is smooth. Spoon cream cheese mixture randomly over top of cake batter.
5 Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 35 to 40 minutes. Allow to cool and serve from the pan.