Earthquake Cake

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (18 ounce) package devil's food cake mix or 1 (18 ounce) package chocolate cake mix (any type you like, i use duncan hines)
• 1 1/3 cups water, to prepare cake
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil, to prepare cake
• 3 large eggs, to prepare cake
• 1 cup chopped nuts (i use pecans or english walnuts)
• 1 cup coconut
• 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened (i usually use low fat)
• 1/2 cup butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 3/4 cup semisweet chocolate morsel

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 grease a 13 x 9 pan.
• 3 i use pam cooking spray.
• 4 evenly sprinkle nuts and coconut on bottom of pan.
• 5 in a large bowl prepare cake mix: blend cake mix, water, oil and eggs at low speed for 30 seconds.
• 6 beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
• 7 pour batter over nuts and coconut.
• 8 in a separate bowl mix the cream cheese, butter confectioners sugar and vanilla extract until smooth.
• 9 drop by spoonfuls over batter, do not mix in sprinkle with chocolate chips.
• 10 bake at 350 degrees for 5o minutes.