INGREDIENTS:

1 cup flaked coconut
1 cup chopped pecans
1 (18.25 ounce) package German chocolate cake mix 1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
4 cups confectioners' sugar
1/2 cup butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract



DIRECTIONS:
1.Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease the bottom and sides of one 9 x 13 inch baking pan.
2.Layer coconut and pecans in the bottom of pan.
3.Prepare cake mix according to package instructions and pour over pecans and coconut.
4.Combine cream cheese, butter or margarine, vanilla and confectioner’s sugar and beat until smooth. Pour over cake mix.
5.Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 30-35 minutes. Toothpick will not come out clean.

ooooooooooooh this sure sounds good. I made a copy of it and will have to try it. Thanks for the recipe. patti

thanks for the recipe, I love coconut, pecans and german chocolate is my favorite cake

Thanks, cant wait to try it !

When you bake this cake, you will see why it's called Earthquake cake...it has large cracks all across the top of it. It's supposed to crack like that!

Thanks my sweet tooth is calling!!!

Sounds wonderful

Thank you! This sounds delicious.on my to do list . :)

This is a favorite at church! And easy to make! Best part!

I have been in an earthquake & I have made this cake before- the cake is better!

This would be a "home run" made with a pumpkin spice cake mix, too.

I wish there was a LIKE button on here like there is on Facebook. So many times I would love to just say how I like what someone has posted!!

I LOVE this cake! My mom has been making this cake for years. SOOO good and always moist. I made these into cupcakes about a month ago. I used the foil cupcake liners. Boy they looked ugly. The earthquake effect didn't work as well in the cupcakes lol. But they still tasted delicious. A great recipe

I agree. I think it's one of my all time favorite cakes, but you're right...it sure is rich! Although, it doesn't seem to hang around here very long, because I can't stay out of it. Every time I go by I have to even up the edge a little!!

Sounds yummy - need to forward this one to my sister in Calif. ;)

mmm sounds delicious

Thanks - will make this cake when my mother gets out of the hospital, coconut and pecans are her favorites!
NormaBeth

thanks for the recipe

I made this tonight and I am not sure about it. I followed the instructions on here exactly. I noticed when I did a search for this recipe there was another one by KyKaren1949, it said to heat the cream cheese mixture till bubbly in a pan on the stove, then pour over the batter. I could not pour the mixture, it was way too thick in this recipe. I think it might should have been heated. Oh well too late now. I hope it will be somewhere close to what it was inteded to be. I baked it for 50 minutes and it was done around the edges but liquidy in the center. I put them back in the oven to sit awhile longer but turned the oven off. Sure hope the center gets done.

I've never heated the mixture before and it always turns out great. There's really no way to tell if it's done because the German Chocolate "icing" is inside the cake, so it will be soft.

I hope you enjoy it!

Karen, It turned out quite delicious. And it probably looks more like an eathquake hit it than perhaps the other method. We are happy with the results. It is very delicious. Thank you for posting this recipe.

Oh Good! I was worried you wouldn't like it because it hadn't turned out well. Whew! LOL

One of my absolute favorite cakes and also one of the most dangerous to have around! Dangerous to my weight that is...

I've always made it without heating the frosting mix.

I think they should call this heart attack cake. LOL
Karen, did you have to add some liquid to the cream cheese mixture? It was so thick I had to use small amounts and kind of push it off the spoon to make an even layer on top of the cake batter. Warming it might have made it more pour-able.

Mine is always thick too. I just drop by teaspoonfuls into the batter. When it's heated it will run and level out.

I just use a scraper and drop it all over. It works better if you do it in smaller spoonfuls.

This sounds so good!

thanks!

I am going to make this for our family get together, it sounds delicious :D:D:D

Can't wait to try this one! Thanks for sharing.

Thanks for posting this recipe., I have decided to make a QB cook book from quilters here. Looks like quilters here are great cooks as well. My MIL has been making this forever and I learned it from her. It is so good.

Thanks for the recipe! Sounds Yummy!