preheat if you have electric oven to 350
2 c. sugar
2 c. flour
1/4t. salt
3 T. Cocoa powder
1 cup coconut milk (or if you want 1 cup coconut and 1 c. water)
3/4 c. oil
1 t. soda
1/2 c. buttermilk (regular milk plus vinegar 1/2 t.)
1 t. vanilla
1 T. rum or 1 t. rum flavoring
2 eggs
beat hard with electric beaters till fluffy
oil and flour pans first then pour in batter
I use 9x 13 pan but you could do two round cake pans.
Bake for 35 min. check to see if cake is pulling away from sides
if it is then it is ready. you can also use the toothpick method
Frosting
Make while cake is cooking and then pour over hot cake
1 cup evaporated milk
1 cup sugar
3 egg yolks
1/2 c. butter
1 t. vanilla
1 t. rum flavoring or 1 T. rum
Cook on low heat till thick. if the eggs are room temp they will be ok, but if they separate in the frosting you can just run in the blender for a min. makes it really smooth
as it cools it will thicken as well.
pour on hot cake and top with pecans and coconut all over. I also put on chocolate chips. you could do this first then the nuts, last the coconut.
yum!!!
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