Chocolate Pecan Cake

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup shredded coconut
• 2/3 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate morsel
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup dark brown sugar
• 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 egg

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 melt 1/2 stick of the butter in a small saucepan.
• 3 remove from heat, stir in brown sugar, coconut, pecans, chocolate morsels and milk; blend well.
• 4 spread the mixture in the bottom of a 9 inch round cake pan.
• 5 set aside.
• 6 stir together the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt in a mixing bowl.
• 7 add the remaining 1/2 stick of butter, the vanilla, water and egg; beat until the batter is thoroughly blended and smooth.
• 8 pour over the coconut pecan mixture, bake for about 30 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the cake comes out clean.
• 9 cool in the pan for 5 minutes, then turn onto a serving plate, coconut pecan mixture on top.
• 10 serve the cake warm or cold with vanilla ice cream.