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Find Sweetened Condensed Coconut Milk at Walmart, Food Lion and other stores
Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake mix, along with the ingredients to make it
- 4 tsp cinnamon, divided into 3 tsp and 1 tsp
- ¼ cup chopped pecans
- 1½ cups brown sugar
- ¼ cup dairy-free butter, melted
- 1 (11.6 oz) can Sweetened Condensed Coconut Milk
- 1 plastic baby Jesus
- 8 oz dairy-free cream cheese
- 2 Tbsp powdered sugar
- 1 (8 oz) container dairy-free whipped topping, thawed
- Sprinkles
This moist, nutty, and colorful cake is soaked with creamy Sweetened Condensed Coconut Milk and topped with festive frosting and sprinkles. A Mardi Gras must-have that’s pure celebration!
Time
- Prep time: 15 minutes
- Bake time: 30 minutes
- Cool time: 1 hour
Yield
- 12 servings
Directions
- Preheat the oven to what the cake box says and grease a 9x13-inch pan.
- Mix cake according to box instructions. In a separate bowl, whisk together 3 tsp cinnamon, chopped pecans, and brown sugar.
- Pour half the cake batter into the greased pan, sprinkle the cinnamon/pecan/sugar mix in an even layer over the batter. Pour the rest of the batter on top of the sugar mix.
- Bake according to box directions.
- While the cake is baking, whisk together melted butter and Sweetened Condensed Coconut Milk.
- Once done, remove from the oven and poke lots of holes in the cake. Use something the size of a chopstick, you want the holes to be larger than a toothpick or fork tine. Pour Condensed Milk and butter mixture all over the cake to soak.
- Press the plastic baby Jesus into the cake for someone to find later.
- Once the cake is completely cool, beat the dairy-free cream cheese and powdered sugar until soft and well combined. Gently fold in the dairy-free whipped topping with a spatula.
- Spread the frosting evenly over the cake. Decorate with sprinkles right before serving to minimize color bleeding.
