Ingredients
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/3 cup hershey's cocoa
8 oz dairy sour cream
1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
3/4 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
2 eggs, slightly beaten
1 cup mounds sweetened coconut - flakes
1/2 cup chopped nuts
1 powdered sugar (optional)
Directions
Heat oven to 350øF. Grease 9-inch square baking pan. In small bowl,
combine butter and cocoa; stir in sour cream. In large bowl, stir
together flour, sugar, baking soda and salt. Add cocoa mixture and
eggs; stir until dry ingredients are moistened. Stir in coconut and
nuts. Spread batter into prepared pan. Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until
wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in
pan on wire rack. Sift powdered sugar over top, if desired. 9 to 12
servings.
[Hershey's is a registered trademark of Hershey Foods Corporation.]
[Recipe may be reprinted courtesy of the Hershey Kitchens.]
Meal-Master recipe format courtesy of Karen Mintzias
Servings: 9 servings
Cocoa-Coconut Snackin' Cake Recipe brought to you by Recipe Ideas
Categories: Appetizer; Cake; Dessert; Fruit
The History of Recipes
It is quite possible to prove the history of written cooking instructions far back into the distant past, in truth as far back as ancient Egypt, and possibly even further than that. In practice though, in the main part, these early cookbooks were just very simple hieroglyphic or cunieform recipes for preparing food.
In fact, the most ancient recipe discovered so far, according to experts are a few ancient tablets in the Sumerian language which describe the making of bread which is then used to make a drink, quite possibly a form of beer as it is recorded as having made those who drank it feel blissful. Progressing into Roman times around 25BC a roman called Apicius created a collection of scripts which described recipes cooked by his fellow Romans. He describes how the meals of wealthy Romans were split into hors d`oeuvre, main meal and afters, known in latin as `Gustatio, Primae Mensae and Secundae Mensae`. This early Roman chef informs us how the ancient Romans used many herbs, including some familiar names for example basil, rue and dill. For the centuries that followed, the upper classes tried to offer the most exotic meals, and because of this cooks and their recipes became highly prized. Notwithstanding that, it wasn`t until the 19th century that formal cookery and cookery books became popular. Mrs Isabella Beeton in the UK, and the equally well-known Fannie Farmer in the USA, devoted their lives to collating, verifying, and writing down recipes of the day. By the advent of the twentieth century, cookery books are starting to become popular mostly due to higher levels of literacy, more free time and disposable income. |
We hope you enjoy this Cocoa Coconut Snackin' Cake recipe.
