Cinnamon Swirl Earthquake Cake Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease a 9 x 13 pan.
• Cover bottom of pan with chopped pecan. Then spread coconut over the pecans.
• In a mixing bowl mix Cinnamon Swirl Cake according to dirctions on box but add 1 teaspoons cinnamon to the cake mix.
• Add cinnamon swirl packet to cake mix but start and stop your mixer 6-7 times.
• Pour cake mixtire over coconut and pecans.
• In a mixing bowl, cream together soft margarine, cream cheese, confectioners sugar and 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon.
• Drop by spoonfuls in dollups on top of cake batter. Take a knife and run it through the cream cheese mixture a little bit to swirl the top of the cake, but not too much! You still want to have the cream cheese in clumps.
• Bake for 40-45 minutes. Like a typical earthquake cake, it will fall and look like an earthquake hit it.

Steps:

• 1. In a large bowl, mix all "BATTER" ingredients, except butter. Mix well
• 2. Slowly add in melted butter and mix well.
• 3. Pour batter into a greased 9"x13" pan. (If you would like a thicker cake, you may also use a 9"x9" pan)
• 4. In seperate bowl, mix topping ingredients together til combined.
• 5. Drop topping onto prepared batter and swirl with a butter knife.
• 6. Bake at in a preheated 350 degree oven for 40 minutes. (If you are using the 9"x9" pan, bake for 50 mins)
• 7. Pull cake out of oven and mix glaze ingredients in seperate bowl.
• 8. While cake is still warm, drizzle glaze over top. Let stand 15 mins before cutting/serving