Macaroon Cookie Cake

Photo: flickr user scottfeldstein

Ingredients

2 cups flour

1 1/4 cups sugar

1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon baking soda

1 cup buttermilk or sour milk

1/2 cup butter or margarine softened

3 eggs

3 ounces unsweetened baking chocolate

1 teaspoon vanilla

15 ounces sweetened condensed milk

2 2/3 cups coconut

1 teaspoon vanilla

Preparation

Combine all cake ingredients in mixer bowl. Blend 30 seconds on low speed, then 3 min at medium speed. Pour batter into greased 9x13 cake pan. Combine topping ingredients til coconut is thoroughly coated and carefully spoon over cake batter in pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 35-40 minutes, or cake springs back when lightly touched in center.