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Coconut Sour Cream Chocolate Snowball Bundt Cake

This Chocolate Snowball Cake is a festive dessert for any winter gathering, but more importantly, it’s crazy delicious. Dark chocolate and fluffy coconut sour cream frosting? Yes, please.
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Prep Time: 30 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Servings: 12
Calories: 784kcal

Ingredients
 

For the cake:

  • 1 1/4 cups plus 1 Tablespoon brewed coffee
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 2 1/4 cups sugar
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons Kosher salt (reduce to 1 teaspoon if using table salt)
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
  • 2 large eggs
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 1/4 cups plus 1 Tablespoon buttermilk
  • 1 cup plus 2 Tablespoons canola oil
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 2 1/2 cups plus 2 Tablespoons all purpose flour (sifted)

For the frosting:

  • 16 ounces sour cream
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 3 cups sweetened shredded coconut
  • 8 ounces Cool Whip (thawed)
  • 1/2 cup shredded coconut (for garnish)

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 10 in round bundt pan. Set aside.

For the cake:

  • Place cocoa powder and coffee in a small saucepan and bring to a boil, whisking constantly. Remove from heat and allow to cool.
  • In the bowl of a mixer, combine sugar, salt, baking soda, eggs, and yolk. Beat on low speed f or about 1 minute. Add buttermilk, oil, and vanilla and beat for another minute or so.
  • Add flour to sugar mixture and beat on medium speed for 2 minutes. Add the cooled cocoa/coffee mixture and beat on low speed for another minute.
  • Pour into the greased pan and bake for about 1 hour, or until a toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Let the cake cool completely before inverting onto serving tray.

For the frosting:

  • Combine the sour cream and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer. Beat on medium high speed until sugar is dissolved completely. Stir in the coconut. Gently fold in the Cool Whip. Refrigerate until ready to frost.
  • Heat a non stick skillet over medium heat. Add the last half cup of coconut to the pan and cook, stirring occasionally until golden brown on all sides. Remove from heat.

To assemble:

  • Once the bundt cake is cooled, place large mounds of the frosting on the top of the cake and use a spatula to spread it down and around the sides. You will most likely have frosting left over. Sprinkle the toasted coconut along the top of the cake. This cake can be refrigerated overnight or until ready to serve, but it's best if it's taken out of the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes before serving.

Notes

  • While you don't HAVE to toast the coconut for the topping, I do highly recommend it! It will elevate the flavor.
Course Cake, Cupcakes & Frosting
Cuisine American
Keyword snowball bundt cake, sour cream chocolate cake

Nutrition

Calories: 784kcal | Carbohydrates: 97g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 43g | Saturated Fat: 17g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 17g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 73mg | Sodium: 606mg | Potassium: 325mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 73g | Vitamin A: 357IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 103mg | Iron: 3mg
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