Mounds® Bar Cake

Ingredients

• Servings: 1
• cake:
• 1 cup butter
• 2 cups white sugar
• 4 eggs, beaten
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• topping:
• 5 1/2 cups flaked coconut
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
• 1 (16 ounce) package prepared milk chocolate frosting

Recipe

Preparation Time: 25 mins Cook Time: 25 mins Ready Time: 1 hr 5 mins


• preheat oven to 350 degrees f (175 degrees c). grease and flour a 9x13-inch pan.
• melt butter in a large saucepan. remove saucepan from heat and stir white sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract into the melted butter until thoroughly combined.
• mix flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder together in a large mixing bowl; add butter mixture to the flour mixture and stir to form a smooth batter. pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. cool completely.
• beat coconut, sweetened condensed milk, and confectioners' sugar together in the bowl of a stand mixer until very thick; spread over the cake in an even layer.
• heat prepared frosting in the microwave until the frosting has a pourable consistency, about 75 seconds; pour over the cake and spread into an even layer. refrigerate cake until the frosting is set, at least 15 minutes.