Samoas Inspired Chocolate Cake - one amazing cake with the fantastic topping of my favorite girl scout cookie: the samoas!
Mondays just got better.
Because toasted coconut and caramel and all of this over a chocolate cake and finished with a chocolate drizzle. That's enough reasons in my book.
And let's just be quick because you have to make this.
The chocolate cake base is just tall enough to be the base for the incredible topping. It is my favorite chocolate cake recipe. But let's face it: this dessert is all about the topping. Toasted coconut, drizzled with caramel and melted chocolate. I could eat it with a spoon! You can pour the cake batter into a cupcake pan and make cupcakes instead of a cake and still decorate them with the topping. Or use it on top of your favorite brownies! I highly recommend this recipe.
This cake is not for the faint of heart. It's for one of those days. When you need a guilty pleasure pick-me-up, when the pms hits or when the girlfriends are coming and bringing the wine. It's one of those cakes when you are not allowed to feel bad for having more than one slice.
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Samoa Inspired Chocolate Cake
Ingredients
for the cake:
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 4 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¼ cup oil
- ½ cup water
- ½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1.5 teaspoons apple cider vinegar
for the topping:
- 1 cup toasted unsweetened shredded coconut
- ½ cup caramel sauce store-bought or homemade
- ½ cup semi-sweet chocolate chips melted with ½ teaspoon canola oil
Instructions
to make the cake:
- Grease and flour an 8" or 9" round or square cake pan. Set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk the dry ingredients (flour, cocoa powder, soda, salt and sugar).
- Add oil, water, vanilla and cider vinegar. Whisk until smooth.
- Pour the batter into the pan.
- Bake the cake for 20 to 22 minutes or until the toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean.
- Cool the cake completely in the pan.
- Remove the cake from the pan onto a cake platter or a stand.
- Poke the cake with a toothpick all over the surface.
- Spread half the caramel over the cake. Spread with a back of a spoon or an offset spatula.
- Sprinkle the coconut over the caramel. Spread evenly.
- Drizzle the remaining caramel over the coconut.
- Drizzle the cake with melted chocolate.
- Let the topping cool to room temperature before serving.
- Store for up to 3 days in a closed container.
Nutrition
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Barbara says
Making this for my son's birthday! Can't wait to try this tonight.
Jennie says
Get outta town! Gah, this looks amazing. I want to roll around in this cake. TMI? Pinned.
Dorothy says
I want to dive headfirst into that topping!! LOVE IT!
Shelby says
This cake is making my mouth water! I wish someone else in my home cooked as much as me and would make it for me!
mira says
This cake looks awesome! So easy to make! Samoas are my new favorite GS cookies 🙂
Anne says
The only thing better than my favorite girl scout cookie, is my favorite girl scout cookie in a cake form! This is amazing, Anna! : )
Amanda says
I love everything about this cake!!! Oh my word, delicious!!!
Ashley says
Toasted coconut is TOTALLY sexy! This is one of my favorite combinations, the coconut, the chocolate, the caramel -- unreal!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Yes!! Thanks so much, Ashley!
Medha says
This is unreal! Pinning 🙂
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thank you, Medha!
Jen says
This cake looks crazy good. I want to faceplant right into it!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Yes to faceplanting!! Thanks, Jen!
Senika says
Samoas are the BEST! I love this cake! So much easier/faster than the other Samoa cakes I've seen out there and it looks just as amazing!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thank you, Senika! Easier means faster to the plate! 🙂
Sues says
Samoas are my husband's favorite Girl Scout cookie and he would die over this cake! It looks ahhhhmazing!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thank you, Sues!
Emily says
You just made my Monday!! Love this cake. I look forward to the Samoas cookies all year starting as soon as the last box is emptied!
Anna@CrunchyCreamySweet says
Thanks, Emily!