Ingredients
- 1-1/4 cups BAKERS ANGEL FLAKE Coconut, divided", "1-1/4 cups sugar, divided", "1-1/4 cups water, divided", "1 can (12 oz.) evaporated milk", "1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, cubed, softened", "7 eggs, divided", "1 pkg. (2-layer size) chocolate cake mix", "1/3 cup oil", "1/2 cup BREAKSTONES or KNUDSEN Sour Cream
- 1 cup thawed COOL WHIP Whipped Topping
Instructions
- Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
- Toast 1/4 cup coconut; set aside.
- Cook and stir 1 cup sugar and 1/4 cup water in small saucepan on medium heat 5 min.
- or until melted and deep golden brown.
- Immediately pour into 9-inch round pan; tilt pan to evenly cover bottom with syrup.
- Spray inside of cake pan with cooking spray.
- (Do not spray caramel.)
- Blend evaporated milk, cream cheese, 4 eggs, remaining sugar and remaining 1 cup coconut in blender until smooth; set aside.
- Beat cake mix, remaining water, oil and remaining eggs with mixer until blended.
- Add sour cream; mix well.
- Pour half the cake batter over caramel in pan; gently spoon milk mixture over cake batter.
- Cover pan with foil sprayed with cooking spray, sprayed-side down.
- Place round pan in large shallow pan.
- Add enough water to larger pan to come halfway up side of round pan.
- Pour remaining cake batter into separate 9-inch round pan sprayed with cooking spray.
- Position 2 oven racks in oven, leaving at least a 6-inch space between each rack.
- Place flan cake on bottom rack and plain chocolate cake on upper rack.
- Bake plain chocolate cake 30 min.
- or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
- Bake flan cake 50 min.
- or until toothpick inserted near center comes out clean.
- Cool completely in pan on wire rack.
- Refrigerate 2 hours.
- Loosen dessert from side of pan; invert onto plate.
- Remove pan.
- Top flan layer with chocolate cake layer.
- Spread COOL WHIP over top layer; sprinkle with toasted coconut.
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