easy red coconut ream cake on ritz cracker crust
Yup, it's lazy weekend time once again - means, creating something amazing with almost no work :)

This Red Coconut Cream Cake is heavenly easy and absolutely amazing!
The cream cheese gives this cake such a great texture (I prefer this one over the normal cake box mix cake texture) - still fluffy, but kind of creamy and ... (I don't have words for how much I love it)!
Putting the whole thing on a Ritz Cracker crust was simply genius - Coconut and Ritz go together so well, I would have never thought that!
And the red coconut on top, just gives it a lovely color contrast :)

What you need

The Crust:
1 roll Ritz Crackers
1/4 cup butter, melted

The Cake:
1 Box White Cake Mix
12 ounces cream cheese, fat free, softened
1/3 cup canola oil
1 egg
1/2 cup coconut flakes
Red food coloring (about 10 drops)

How you make it

Preheat your oven to 350 F
Line a 8 inch baking pan (I use a brownie pan) with parchment paper
  • In a large bowl combine crushed crackers with melted butter and stir until all soaked
  • Press crust in pan, try to get up the sides with it a little and bake for 12 minutes
  • Meanwhile in a large bowl combine cake mix, cream cheese, oil and egg until smooth (batter will be very thick)
  • Spread batter gently over pre-baked crust
  • In a small bowl combine coconut flakes and red food coloring until color fits your liking
  • Sprinkle coconut over cream cheese mixture and bake for additional 35 minutes
  • Let cool completely before serving

*cake tastes amazing the first day, but gets even better if you wait one or two days - storage in the fridge!
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Comments

01/26/2013 12:29pm

Sounds yummy for a "cheater" cake!

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Pat
01/26/2013 6:42pm

How about the nutritional value of your awsome sounding food? Or am just not looking in the right place!

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01/28/2013 8:09am

Wow, love the idea for the crust! :)

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