Almond Joy® Cake

Description

My 12-year-old granddaughter, Annalise, made this for a church party and won the contest for best dessert. It is more yummy than the candy bar it is named after!

Ingredients

  • cooking spray
  • 1 package chocolate cake mix (such as Duncan Hines®)
  • 1 cup water
  • 3 eggs
  • ⅓ cup vegetable oil
  • 1 cup evaporated milk
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 26 large marshmallows
  • 1 (14 ounce) bag shredded coconut
  • ½ cup evaporated milk
  • ½ cup butter
  • ½ cup white sugar
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • ½ cup whole almonds

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13-inch cake pan with cooking spray.
  2. Combine chocolate cake mix
  3. water
  4. eggs
  5. and oil in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth
  6. about 2 minutes. Pour batter into the prepared cake pan.
  7. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean
  8. 26 to 31 minutes.
  9. Mix 1 cup evaporated milk
  10. 1 cup sugar
  11. and marshmallows together in a large pot; cook and stir over medium-low heat until marshmallows are melted
  12. about 5 minutes. Stir in coconut. Pour coconut mixture over hot cake.
  13. Combine 1/2 cup evaporated milk
  14. butter
  15. and 1/2 cup sugar in a saucepan; bring to a boil
  16. stirring constantly. Fold in chocolate chips and almonds. Spread over coconut layer.
  17. Cool cake until coconut layer and chocolate layer are set
  18. about 30 minutes.

Prep Time: 15 mins

Cook Time: 36 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 21 mins

Servings: 16

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