Chocolate and dates are a classic combination that is elevated by the addition of coconut cognac sauce. This decadent cake is perfect for any special occasion, and with a few simple ingredients, you can easily create a dessert that will impress your friends and family. The combination of chocolate and dates creates a rich and flavorful cake, while the coconut cognac sauce adds a touch of sweetness and sophistication. Whether you are a seasoned baker or a novice in the kitchen, this recipe will guide you through the steps of creating a chocolate date cake with coconut cognac sauce that is sure to be a hit.
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CHOCOLATE COCONUT CAKE
Provided by Giada De Laurentiis
Categories dessert
Time 2h25m
Yield 8 to 10 servings
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Spray two 9-inch cake pans with nonstick spray and line the bottoms with parchment paper.
- Sprinkle half of the shredded coconut on a baking sheet. Toast in the oven until golden brown, stirring often, about 15 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheet.
- Combine the instant espresso and water in a measuring cup; stir until dissolved. Add to a medium bowl, along with the cake mix, vegetable oil and eggs. Beat for 2 minutes with a handheld mixer on medium speed. Divide the batter between the prepared cake pans and smooth the tops.
- Bake until a toothpick inserted in the center of a cake comes out clean, about 25 minutes. Allow the cakes to cool in the pans for 10 minutes, then invert onto a baking rack and let cool completely.
- Meanwhile, combine the cream cheese, butter, coconut milk, salt and powdered sugar in a large bowl. Beat with a handheld mixer on medium speed until light, fluffy and smooth, about 4 minutes. Stir in the remaining (untoasted) coconut with a rubber spatula.
- If the cakes have domed in the center, trim to level the tops. Place one cake layer, up-side down, on a platter or plate. Spoon one-third of the frosting on top and spread evenly, almost completely to the edge. Place the other layer, up-side down, on top, pressing gently to anchor. Using an offset spatula, evenly frost the entire cake; if the frosting gets too soft, place it in the refrigerator for 15 minutes. Gently press the toasted coconut around the outside of the cake and sprinkle it over the top.
- Refrigerate for at least 1 hour before serving.
COCONUT CRUNCH CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE SAUCE
Paired together with a chocolate drizzle, the texture of this cake turns out a decadent bite not unlike that of a candy bar. Martha made this recipe in episode 506 of Martha Bakes
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Dessert & Treats Recipes Cake Recipes
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Butter and flour a 10-inch springform pan. Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. In another bowl, stir together cream of coconut and vanilla.
- Beat butter and coconut oil on medium-high until smooth. Slowly add sugar; beat until pale and fluffy, 3 to 5 minutes. Reduce speed to medium; add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each and scraping down sides of bowl as needed. With mixer on low, add flour mixture in 3 batches, alternating with 2 batches of cream-of-coconut mixture. Beat until just combined.
- Topping: In a large bowl, whisk together egg whites and salt until thick and frothy, about 1 minute. Stir in milk and vanilla. Fold in coconut.
- Spread cake batter in pan. Pour topping over batter; carefully spread in an even layer. Bake on a rimmed baking sheet until a toothpick comes out with just a few moist crumbs, about 1 hour (tent with foil if browning too quickly).
- Chocolate Sauce: In a small saucepan, bring heavy cream and sugar almost to a boil, stirring, until sugar is dissolved. Pour over chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl. Stir until smooth, then stir in vanilla.
- Let cake cool completely; remove from pan. Cut into wedges, drizzle with chocolate sauce, and serve with extra sauce on the side.
CHOCOLATE DATE CAKE I
My mothers' recipe. Great for snacking--or you can frost it, for a special occasion cake. One of my family's favorites.
Provided by KARLENE HILL
Categories Desserts Cakes Chocolate Cake Recipes
Time 1h10m
Yield 24
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- In a small bowl, combine dates with boiling water. Set aside to cool.
- Pre heat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch pan.
- In a medium bowl, mix flour, soda, salt and cocoa. Set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add eggs. Add flour mixture alternating with cooled date mixture. Fold in chopped nuts and 1/2 cup of the chocolate chips to mixture.
- Spread batter into prepared pan. Sprinkle remaining 1/2 cup of chocolate chips over top.
- Bake in preheated oven for 45 to 60 minutes, or until toothpick inserted into middle of cake comes out clean.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 172.6 calories, Carbohydrate 24.8 g, Cholesterol 25.7 mg, Fat 8.1 g, Fiber 1.4 g, Protein 2.4 g, SaturatedFat 4 g, Sodium 111.2 mg, Sugar 16.1 g
CHOCOLATE DATE CAKE II
This is a moist cake that is easy to make especially if you buy the packaged chopped dates. My family loves it.
Provided by ZIPITY
Categories Desserts Cakes Chocolate Cake Recipes
Time 1h5m
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan. In a mixing bowl or small saucepan, pour the boiling water over the chopped dates. Set aside. Sift together the flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then mix in the flour mixture. Add in the dates with the soaking liquid, and stir until just combined. Pour batter into prepared pan.
- In an another bowl, combine the chocolate chips, walnuts, and remaining 1/2 cup sugar. Sprinkle mixture over top of cake. and bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool before serving.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Allow to cool before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 438.8 calories, Carbohydrate 64.7 g, Cholesterol 61.5 mg, Fat 20.1 g, Fiber 3.4 g, Protein 5.2 g, SaturatedFat 10.4 g, Sodium 394.6 mg, Sugar 44.7 g
COCONUT CAKE WITH CHOCOLATE SAUCE
Make and share this Coconut Cake with Chocolate Sauce recipe from Food.com.
Provided by evelynathens
Categories Dessert
Time 1h20m
Yield 10-12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 23
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Butter a 9 inch springform pan.
- In a small bowl, stir together the cake flour, sugar and baking powder.
- In a bowl, whisk together the oil, whole eggs and ¼ cup of water and stir in the flour mixture into the oil mixture until the batter is smooth.
- Beat the egg whites with the cream of tartar until they hold stiff peaks.
- Stir ¼ of the whites into the batter to lighten and then fold in the remaining whites.
- Pour batter into prepared pan and bake in the middle of the preheated oven for 20-30 minutes, or until a tester comes out clean.
- Remove cake and let cool.
- For pastry cream: Scald the milk with the vanilla bean.
- Scrape the seeds into the milk and discard bean (or rinse it, let it dry and plant it into a sealed jar of sugar. In time youll have sugar with a vanilla fragrance.) In a bowl, whisk together 1/3 cup of sugar, flour and egg yolks.
- Whisk the hot milk into the yolk mixture, a little at a time, and whisk for 1 minute.
- Pour into the pan and bring custard to the boil, whisking constantly, for 1-2 minutes, o until it is thickened.
- Let cool, uncovered, and chill it, placing a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface of the hot custard to prevent a skin from forming.
- Beat the cream with the remaining 2 tblsps sugar until it holds stiff peaks.
- Fold 1 cup of the whipped cream into the pastry cream, reserving remainder, and fold in 1 cup of coconut into the pastry cream as well.
- Make chocolate sauce: Simmer the milk with the chocolate, stirring, until the chocolate is melted.
- Add the cream, butter and sugar and simmer, stirring, until smooth and slightly thickened.
- Keep sauce warm, covered.
- Cut cake horizontally into 3 layers with a serrated knife.
- Spread ½ of pastry cream on top of bottom layer and top with second layer.
- Spread remaining pastry cream on top of second layer and top with third layer, cut side down.
- Spread whipped cream on top and side of cake and sprinkle with coconut.
- Serve with sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 756, Fat 61, SaturatedFat 38.7, Cholesterol 197, Sodium 156.3, Carbohydrate 53.4, Fiber 9.6, Sugar 26.6, Protein 13.6
COCONUT DATE CAKE
From a Stork margarine competition in 1966 (South Africa). It is one of 20 recipes provided, and the competition required entrants to predict the order in which these cakes would be placed by the judges at the Stork Bake-Off Finals. (Winning prize was an Opel Kadett, a fridge and stove, plus R500, an electric mixer and R50 worth of kitchen utensils.) This cake is delicious, and was contributed by (as per the pamphlet) Mrs R.P. Muller, House No.1, Mooi River. One day I will try the other 19 recipes. (Found in my Mother's recipe collection.) We don't make the filling, we just sandwich it together with chocolate glace icing.
Provided by Cathy Billingham
Categories Dessert
Time 45m
Yield 1 cake, 8-12 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Pour hot water over dates and baking soda; leave aside.
- Cream butter/margarine and sugar, add beaten egg.
- Stir in date mixture and add vanilla, salt and coconut,
- Stir in sifted flout and baking powder.
- Bake in 2 prepared cake pans at 375 degrees F for 20 - 30 minutes.
- Filling:
- Cook sugar, cocoa, water, dates and butter/margarine until thick. Add coconut.
- To be spread between the two cake layers.
- Decorate top of cake with chocolate icing.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 534.8, Fat 20.9, SaturatedFat 14.5, Cholesterol 57.5, Sodium 523.1, Carbohydrate 85.3, Fiber 4.9, Sugar 55.9, Protein 5.7
CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH COCONUT SAUCE
With the bold flavors of raspberry and coconut enhancing fudgy chocolate cake and creamy vanilla ice cream, what's not to love?-Tabitha Freeman of Middletown, Connecticut
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 30m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Cut cake in half. Return half to the freezer. Let remaining cake stand at room temperature to thaw. , Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, combine the coconut, milk and vanilla. Cook and stir over medium heat for 2-3 minutes or until heated through. , Cut cake into four slices; place on dessert plates. Spread with preserves. Top with coconut mixture and ice cream.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 571 calories, Fat 23g fat (12g saturated fat), Cholesterol 62mg cholesterol, Sodium 274mg sodium, Carbohydrate 81g carbohydrate (65g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 8g protein.
BEST COCONUT CHOCOLATE CAKE
I hope other families enjoy this chocolate coconut cake as much as my family does. I've given almost 100 copies of this recipe to others who have tried the cake and liked it. -Dorothy West, Nacogdoches, Texas
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Desserts
Time 55m
Yield 35 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 18
Steps:
- In a large bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. In a small saucepan, combine the butter, water and cocoa. Cook and stir until butter is melted; add to dry ingredients. Combine the eggs, buttermilk and vanilla; add to chocolate mixture and mix well. , Pour into a greased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. , Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, combine 1 cup evaporated milk, 3/4 cup sugar and marshmallows; cook and stir until marshmallows are melted. Remove from heat; stir in coconut. Immediately sprinkle 1 cup almonds over cake. Spread coconut mixture over top. Sprinkle with remaining almonds (pan will be full). , In a small saucepan, combine butter with remaining milk and sugar. Cook and stir until butter is melted. Remove from the heat; stir in chocolate chips until melted. Drizzle over almonds. Cool on a wire rack.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 317 calories, Fat 18g fat (10g saturated fat), Cholesterol 37mg cholesterol, Sodium 199mg sodium, Carbohydrate 39g carbohydrate (29g sugars, Fiber 2g fiber), Protein 4g protein.
Tips:
- Using a high-quality dark chocolate will result in a richer, more flavorful cake.
- Make sure the dates are pitted and finely chopped before adding them to the cake batter. This will help them distribute evenly throughout the cake.
- If you don't have cognac on hand, you can substitute another type of brandy or even rum.
- Be sure to let the cake cool completely before pouring the coconut cognac sauce on top. This will help the sauce set and prevent it from becoming too runny.
- Garnish the cake with fresh mint or shaved chocolate before serving for an extra touch of elegance.
Conclusion:
This chocolate date cake with coconut cognac sauce is a delicious and decadent dessert that is perfect for any occasion. The moist and flavorful cake is complemented perfectly by the rich and creamy sauce. Whether you're serving it to guests or enjoying it yourself, this cake is sure to be a hit.
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