Coconut Caramel Samoas Bundt Cake #Bundtbakers

A long time ago, when one of my neighbors decided to lead and manage a Girls Scouts troop, I was over the moon. Yes! You read that right! “I” was over the moon. My daughter had no idea she was going to be a Girl Scout. Her mom had made the decision that she was going to be and that was that.

Since I was then a recent transplant from India, I found the Girl Scouting culture fascinating and empowering. It was something I never got to do as a young girl and I wanted to have my daughter the opportunity to be a part of something amazing and make wonderful friends.

So she joined and started as a brownie and then continued until she was a Cadette. Then we moved and she didn’t feel like making new Girl Scout friends at the new place. Making new friends in school was taxing enough. But the journey from being a brownie to a cadette was full of exploration, learning and forming of bonds. The camps were fun and she was always full of interesting tales to tell us. And the best part of it all was the Girl Scout cookies.

The way the girls negotiated who will sell in which area of the neighborhood, discussed where all they could sell the cookies and chose their hometown heroes and decided what activities to do with the money raised was always a tear jerker. We could see them growing up into wonderful young ladies and developing life long skills of communication, leadership, negotiations and traits like respect and honor.

Was I thrilled with this month’s theme for Bundt Bakers? I was so excited that it was just difficult to pick only one flavor. Finally I picked my daughter’s favorite Girl Scout Cookie – The samoas and made the Coconut Caramel Samoas Bundt Cake.

#BundtBakers is a group of Bundt loving bakers who get together once a month to bake Bundts with a common ingredient or theme.  Follow our Pinterest board right here. Links are also updated each month on the BundtBakers home page.

We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. If you are a food blogger and would like to join us, just send Stacy an email with your blog URL to foodlustpeoplelove@gmail.com.

• Brown Sugar Coconut Bundt Cake with Dark Chocolate Ganache from Tux at Brooklyn Homemaker
• Chocolate Dipped Vanilla Mini Bundt Cakes from Renee at Magnolia Days
• Chocolate Mint Bundt Cake from Teri at The Freshman Cook
• Coconut Caramel Samoas Bundt Cake from Anshie at Spice Roots
• Cranberry Lemon Bundt Cake from Jelena at A Kingdom for a Cake
• Do Si Do Mini Bundts from Anne at From My Sweet Heart
• Double Glazed Peanut Butter & Chocolate Fudge Bundt from Laura at Baking in Pyjamas
• Golden Nut Bundt (Juliettes Bundt) from Tammy at Living the Gourmet
• Lemon Bundt Cake with Lemonade Frosting from Anna at Media Racion Doble, Por Favor
• Lemon Yogurt Bundt Cake with Limoncello Glaze from Pam at Sidewalk Shoes
• Lemonade Bundt from Jane at Jane’s Adventures in Dinner
• Lemonade Bundt Cake from Esti at Mummy & Cute
• Marbled Samoa Bundt Cake from Patricia at Patty’s Cake
• Mini Samoa Bundt Cakes from Andrea at Adventures in All Things Food
• Mini Vanilla Bundt Cakes with Lemon Drizzle from Kathya at Basic N Delicious
• Mint Chocolate Chip Bundt Cake from Sarah at The Chef Next Door
• Mint Filled Coconut Vanilla Bundt from Shilpi at Simply Veggies
• Peanut Butter Tagalong Bundt Cake from Mary Ellen at That’s My Home
• Peppermint & Chocolate Marble Bundt Cake from Lara at Tartacadabra
• Samoa Bundt Cake from Bea and Mara at I Love Bundt Cakes
• Samoa Bundt Cake from Jana at Jenny and Sweets
• Samoas Bundt Cake from Aisha at La Cocina de Aisha
• Spiked Lemonade Bundt from Kelly at Passion Kneaded
• Tagalong Cookie Core Bundt from Julie at Eat, Drink, Be Mighty
• Thin Mint Chocolate Bundt Cake from Rebekah at Making Miracles
• Toffee-tastic Bundt Cake from Linda at Brunch with Joy
• Trios (Peanut Butter-Chocolate Chip-Oat) Bundt from Stacy at Food Lust People Love
• What’s your favorite Girl Scout Cookie? (Tagalong Bundt Cake) from Wendy at A Day in the Life on the Farm
• Whole Grain Oats Bundt {Rah-Rah Raisins} from Rocio at  KidsandChic

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Coconut Caramel Samoas Bundt Cake

Ingredients

To make the Cake

• 180 g butter softened, plus extra for greasing
• 225 g sugar
• 1 tsp Vanilla extract
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 180 g All Purpose flour
• 75 g almond flour
• 3 large eggs
• 1/4 C milk
• 3 tbsp cocoa powder
• 100 g dark chocolate chips

Icing

• Caramel sauce - about 1/2 C
• 2 C toasted coconut
• 3 Tbs Butter
• 1/2 C sugar
• 1/4 C chocolate chips for stripes and glaze

Instructions

To make the cake

1. Heat the oven to 350*F Brush a bundt pan with melted butter to prepare.
2. Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Stir in the vanilla extract.
3. Mix together the baking powder, flour and almond flour Beat in one egg at a time until all three eggs have been added, then fold in the flour mixture and stir in the milk.
4. Spoon half of the cake batter into a separate bowl and mix in the cocoa paste. Add the chocolate chips to the other half of the mixture. Add spoonfuls of each of the batters alternately to the tin and drag the handle of a teaspoon through the mixture to create a marbled effect.
5. Bake for around 40 minutes and then test the cake to see if a skewer inserted into the deepest part comes out clean- about 40 minutes
6. Let the cake cool in the tin for 10 minutes before turning out onto a cooling rack. Once cooled .. about a hour or two - Mix half of the coconut into the caramel.
7. Whisk the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add in the caramel coconut mix and keep aside.
8. Melt the chocolate to a pourable consistency. Flip the bundt cake over and spread the melted chocolate on it. Allow to cool and harden and then flip the cake back.
9. Ice with the coconut caramel mix and pat in more coconut to finish the look.

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