We had such a fun time watching the Super bowl on Sunday and having the family over for pulled pork sliders, side salads, and Salted Caramel Samoa Cake for dessert. It was so delish!
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| Salted Caramel Samoa Cake |
I made a regular chocolate cake in a sheet cake pan. But I doctored it up a little with some sour cream and a small box of chocolate pudding (dry) like I always do. Then I added 1/4 cube of butter melted to the batter. It makes it have a much richer chocolate taste. But the real hero is the caramel ice cream topping in the buttercream icing. Salted Caramel Samoa Cake was an idea swiped from the Girl Scouts Samoa cookies.
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| Girl Scouts Samoa Cookies are a treat, but not like this Salted Caramel Samoa Cake! |
It is made with coconut, caramel and chocolate, just like Samoa Cookies. I used caramel ice cream topping in the deliciously delectable salted icing. I was eating it by the spoonful, I swear. I still dream about how
yummy the icing was!
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| This Salted Caramel Donut I got from Beyond Glaze was good. But not as good as the Salted Caramel Samoa Cake. Nope. |
It kind of reminded me of this Salted Caramel donut I had recently. Super yum![/caption] The best part is you add toasted coconut to the Salted Caramel Samoa Cake icing, then add caramel bits or melted Kraft caramels, and then drizzle warm chocolate bark or chocolate chips melted in the microwave on top. It is the yummiest of cakes. My family all raved about it. And making it in a sheet cake pan really made it go a long way. [n top of the Salted Caramel Samoa Icing It is a new favorite recipe of mine.
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| Toast the coconut in a non-stick pan for about 3 or 4 minutes. |
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| Then let the coconut cool a bit before sprinkling it all across the caramel icing. |
Here is how I did mine: I used a regular chocolate cake boxed recipe and added a cup of sour cream and a small pudding dry mix to the batter and 1/4 stick melted butter. Everything else is just as the boxed mix calls for. Then I greased a 13 x 18 one inch deep cookie sheet with Pam and poured the batter. I baked it at 375 for about 20 minutes. I bakes a lot faster because it is not a deep cake. Then I made up the icing. I got the recipe for the salted caramel buttercream from Chef in Training.
Here is her recipe for the Salted Caramel Buttercream Icing: I tweaked the recipe slightly
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/4 cup caramel ice cream topping
- 2 cups powdered sugar (hers calls for 3 cups)
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 Tablespoons milk
Bake at 350 for about 20 minutes to 25 minutes depending on your oven. It is a lot quicker because you are using that large sheet pan that is 1 inch deep.
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et cake pan that is only 1 inch deep. Chocolate cake batter made richer with sour cream and a pudding mix and some melted butter. While it was cooling I made up the icing. Then I frosted it with the Salted Caramel icing. Oh my it is good. I kept licking the spoon and had to fight my granddaughter for the beaters.
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| This Salted Caramel Samoa Cake icing is so decadent and delish! I was licking the spoon AND the bowl! |
Salted Caramel Samoa Cake Icing. It is so rich and delish! Then comes the real magic. I put 1 1/2 cups of coconut into a non-stick fry pan and toasted it for about 4 minutes watching it closely and turning it over and over with a spatula. Lay it out on a plate to cool. Then sprinkle it on the top of the Salted Caramel icing
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| Salted Caramel Samoa Cake Then I microwaved the chocolate chips for 30 seconds and added a little bit of oil to thin them. I’ve used chocolate bark too. Either one works well with 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon of canola oil to thin it. Drizzle chocolate all across the cake back and forth. Then lastly get Caramel Bits or Kraft caramels and melt them down and add a little water for drizzling. OR you can just drizzle some Caramel ice cream topping over the drizzled chocolate. It was a great treat at the end of a Super Bowl Game to remember. Congrats to the Patriots who pulled it out at the last minute.
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