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| Coconut Poke Cake with Marshmallow Snowmen |
I served a Coconut Poke Cake at a
Murder Mystery Dinner held at my church, St. John the Apostle, MCC, on March
17, 2017. To make it go with the St. Patrick's Day theme, I sprinkled tiny
green candy shamrocks I found on Amazon.com. This is a great party cake, but
note that it is a bit on the ooey, gooey, side. I made it again for my
husband’s work Christmas Party this year, adding marshmallow snowmen on top. It
was a big hit!
24 servings
1 (18.25 ounce) package white cake mix
1 (14 ounce) can cream of coconut (NOT coconut milk)
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1 (16 ounce) package frozen whipped topping, thawed
1 (8 ounce) package flaked coconut
Directions
Prepare and bake white cake mix according to package
directions. Remove cake from oven. While still hot, using a utility fork, poke
holes all over the top of the cake.
Mix cream of coconut and sweetened condensed milk together.
Pour over the top of the still hot cake.
Let cake cool completely then frost with the whipped topping
and top with the flaked coconut.
Refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving.
Notes: I have also make this recipe using real whipped cream
rather than whipped topping—either way it is terrific!
9 large marshmallows
Marshmallow Snowmen
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| Marshmallow Snowmen in transport! |
The directions are for three snowmen.
9 large marshmallows
3 pretzel sticks broken in half
3 Rolo chocolate covered caramels
3 pieces of red fruit rolloups
Black decorator icing
Orange decorator Icing
3 8-inch bamboo skewers
Thread 3 marshmallows on to bamboo skewer with pointed side
up leaving room for the Rolo. Push the Rolo caramel, wide side down, on top of
the skewer to make the hat.
Use a skewer to create a 1/2 inch deep hole on either side
of the middle marshmallow. Insert 1 piece of pretzel stick on each side to
create arms.
Trim fruit rollup to 1/4 inch wide by about 4 inch pieces to
form scarf on top of the middle marshmallow.
Use black icing with pointed tip decorating tube to form
eyes, mouth and buttons on the snowman.
Use orange icing with pointed tip to
create the “carrot” nose. Refrigerate for a couple of hours to allow icing to
set.
Insert snowmen, skewer side down into top of cake.
Note: You could vary the colors by using gum drops for a hat
with different color fruit rolloups.
