Best Dianes Mound Cake Recipes

MOUNDS® BAR CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch pan.
• Melt butter in a large saucepan. Remove saucepan from heat and stir white sugar, eggs, and vanilla extract into the melted butter until thoroughly combined.
• Mix flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder together in a large mixing bowl; add butter mixture to the flour mixture and stir to form a smooth batter. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Cool completely.
• Beat coconut, sweetened condensed milk, and confectioners' sugar together in the bowl of a stand mixer until very thick; spread over the cake in an even layer.
• Heat prepared frosting in the microwave until the frosting has a pourable consistency, about 75 seconds; pour over the cake and spread into an even layer. Refrigerate cake until the frosting is set, at least 15 minutes.

PETER PAUL MOUNDS CAKE

Steps:

• For the Cake: Preheat oven to 350 degees. Grease and flour three 9" cake pans. (Or see recipe #452719.).
• Cream butter and sugar in large mixing bowl until very light and fluffy (this could take 5-7 minutes). Add the eggs one at a time, making sure to beat well after each addition and scraping sides of bowl. Blend in vanilla and chocolate.
• Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Add 1/4 of dry ingredients to creamed mixture then approximately 1/4 of buttermilk alternating remaining ingredients just until mixed. Pour batter into prepared cake pans; batter will be thick.
• Bake in preheated oven for about 25-30 minutes until pick in center comes otu clean. Cool. (Mine took 27 minutes.).
• For the filling: In a saucepan cook milk, sugar and marshmallows until melted. Add coconut; spread between layers.
• For the Chocolate Topping: Melt together the butter, chocolate and marshmallows. Beat in confectioners' sugar and vanilla. Add enough milk to spread. Spread over cake.

MOUNDS CAKE

Steps:

• Make chocolate cake according to box directions.
• Heat marshmellows, milk, and sugar slowly until all melted.
• Stir in coconut and pour over cake.
• Frosting:.
• Heat sugar and milk and butter until boiling.
• Remove from heat and add chocolate chips.
• Frost.

CHOCOLATE COCONUT MOUNDS CAKE

Steps:

• Prepare cake mix according to package directions and bake in a 9 x 13 greased and floured pan.
• During the last minutes of baking, bring to a boil, 1 c sugar, 1 c milk and marshmallows.
• Watch closely, it burns easily.
• Remove from heat and stir in coconut.
• Pour over cake as soon as it comes out of the oven.
• For frosting, bring to a boil, 1/2 c milk, the butter and 1 c sugar.
• Add chocolate chips and stir until they are melted.
• Pour over second layer of cake and refrigerate overnight.

PETER-PAUL MOUNDS CAKE

Steps:

• Mix and bake any chocolate cake mix of your choice or make a sheet cake.
• Let cool.
• Cook the coconut, sugar, milk and marshmallows until the marshmallows are melted and pour over the cake.
• Let cool.
• Frost with chocolate icing (either homemade or canned).