Snowball Cake

For Christmas day my Mom made her first attempt at a Snowball cake and it came out really well. Things got a little messy when we began cutting but I think that was our fault in our cutting technique. This is great around winter holidays and you could do it for Valentine's Day as well. Sprinkling some pink granulated sugar on top would do the trick and would make this perfect for you and a significant other, your family, or coworkers. Here are the cooking instructions. The only thing I would modify is that after you put your cream mixture on top, I would add even more cake batter around the edges. This will guarantee that the cream mixture is completely covered by the top. When we cut ours the cream mixture was very close to the top and I think that is what got things a little messy. Plus I'm probably sloppy with a knife. Unlike Dexter, who I became obsessed with over break.

Prep: 15 minutes
Total: 2 hours 20 minutes ( inc. cooling )
Makes: 16 servings


What you need:
1 pkg ( 2 layer size ) devils food cake mix
1 pkg. ( 8 oz ) cream cheese softened
1 egg
2 Tbsp. granulated sugar
1 pkg. (3.4 oz ) vanilla flavored instant pudding
1/4 cup powdered sugar
1 cup cold milk
2 cups thawed Cool Whip whipped topping
1 cup flaked coconut

Make it!
Heat oven to 350 F. Prepare cake batter, in 2 1/2 qt. OVENPROOF bowl, as directed on package; scrape side of bowl. Beat cream cheese, egg, and granulated sugar until well blended; spoon into center of batter in bowl. (at this point I would follow that tip at the top, where you add a little extra cake batter along the edges to make sure a thick layer cooks over the cream)
Bake 1 hour 5 minutes, or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool in bowl 10 minutes. Loosen cake from bowl with knife; using potholders if necessary, invert onto wire rack. Remove bowl. Cool cake completely.
Meanwhile, beat dry pudding mix, powdered sugar and mild in medium bowl with wisk 2 minutes. Stir in Cool Whip. Refrigerate until ready to use
Place cake on plate; frost with pudding mixture. Cover with coconut. KEEP REFRIGERATED.
Tip: to keep cake from sticking scrape sides of bowl before baking!
2'nd Tip: I sprayed bowl with Pam type of spray before adding batter to bowl!


Below is a picture of your end goal result. Considering this was the baker's first attempt I think it came out very close! Either way it was delicious - which is the most important thing.