Food Hunter's Guide to Cuisine: Chocolate Coconut Cream Filled Layer Cake #SummerDessertWeek

By: The Food Hunter

This post was created for #SummerDessertWeek! I was sent products to use from the sponsors but as always all opinions are my own.

Tomorrow is the last day of #SummerDessertWeek and I'll admit I'm a bit sad to see it go. I've found tons of delicious new desserts, this past week, that I can't wait to try and I hope you did too. Don't forget to scroll down and enter the giveaway at the end of this post.

Calling all coconut lovers: This cake is for you. Non-coconut lovers don't fret I'm pretty positive you will love this cake too....it's just that yummy!

Chocolate Coconut Cream Filled Layer Cake

2 cups sugar (I used Dixie Crystals)

1 cup Dutch Process Cocoa Powder (I used Hershey's Special Dark)

1 3/4 cups all purpose flour

1 1/2 tsp baking powder

1 1/2 tsp baking soda

1 tsp salt

2 large eggs

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 cup buttermilk

3/4 cup boiling water

For the filling:

14 oz bag sweetened, shredded coconut

1 can sweetened condensed milk

For the frosting:

1 cup unsalted butter, softened (I used Land O Lakes)

1/3 cup cream of coconut (I used Coco Lopez)

1/4 cup heavy cream

3 cups powdered sugar

For the ganache:

1/2 cup semi sweet chocolate chips

1/2 cup heavy cream

1/4 cup light corn syrup

Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour 2 inch round pans.

For the cake:
Combine sugar, cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt in the bowl of your mixer. Add eggs, oil, and buttermilk and beat on medium speed for two minutes. Scrape sides of bowl and stir in boiling water. Divide batter evenly into cake pans and bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean. Allow cakes to cool in pans for 10 minutes, then remove to cooling racks to cool completely.

For the filling:
Combine coconut and sweetened condensed milk in a large bowl and refrigerate until ready to use.

For the ganache:
Combine chocolate chips and heavy cream over a double broiler and stir until completely melted. Add corn syrup and refrigerate until cooled and thickened.

For the frosting:
Beat butter, cream of coconut, and heavy cream on medium speed until smooth. Add powdered sugar and continue beating until combined.

Putting it all together

Spread coconut filling between cake layers. Frost cake and spoon ganache on top to the very edges of the cake, letting it drip down the sides.

Check out the amazing #SummerDessertWeek recipes from our bloggers today!

Ice Cream Recipes:

No Churn Trix Ice Cream from Big Bear's Wife
Mango Blueberry Popsicles from Daily Dish Recipes

Pies of Summer:

No-Bake Fresh Cherry Pie from Home Sweet Homestead

Sweet Summertime Cakes:

Chocolate Coconut Cream Cake from Food Hunter's Guide to Cuisine

No Bake Treats:

No Bake Peaches and Cream Cheesecake from Miss in the Kitchen
No Bake Cookies from The Domestic Kitchen
No Bake Berry Icebox Cake from A Blender Mom

Baked Desserts:

Blueberry Cornbread from For the Love of Food
Peach Danish from Jen Around the World
Butter Cookies from Bowl Me Over
Reese's Puffs Toffee from The Spiffy Cookie
Cherry Pie Bars from Southern From Scratch

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Disclaimer: These posts and recipes are part of the week long event, #SummerDessertWeek but all opinions are 100% mine! We would like Thank our amazing sponsors: Dixie Crystals, Rainier Fruit, OXO, Adam's Extract, Land O'Lakes and General Mills Cereal! These wonderful sponsors provided the prize packs for our giveaways and also sent samples and products to the #SummerDessertWeek bloggers to use in their recipes. Check out the amazing #SummerDessertWeek recipes from our bloggers today! Ice Cream Recipes: