Mounds Layer 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.

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.

MOCHA LAYER CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour three 8-inch round cake pans.
• Dissolve baking soda in buttermilk. Combine flour, cocoa powder, and salt in a separate bowl.
• Beat butter in a mixing bowl until creamy. Gradually add sugar, beating well. Add flour mixture alternately with the buttermilk mixture, beginning and ending with the flour mixture; mix well after each addition. Stir in 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons coffee and vanilla.
• Beat egg whites in a glass, metal, or ceramic bowl until stiff peaks form. Gently fold into the creamed mixture. Pour batter into the prepared cake pans.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 30 to 35 minutes. Cool in the pans for 10 minutes. Run a table knife around the edges to loosen. Invert cakes carefully onto a serving plate or cooling rack. Let cool, about 20 more minutes.
• While the cake is cooling, beat butter and cocoa powder for frosting in a bowl until well creamed. Add powdered sugar, egg yolk, and vanilla and beat until smooth.
• Stack the 3 cake layers on top of each other, spreading frosting between layers, and on top of the 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.