A wonderful friend of mine gave me a set of adorable forked fondue skewers for my birthday! Cheese fondue is amazing, especially when you are sitting in the shadow of The Castle of Gruyères in the medieval town of Fribourg, Switzerland! But, have you ever tried cake fondue?
Angel Food Cake is perfect by itself and is beautiful as a traditional Easter and Spring dessert. You can cover it with a light frosting glaze, cover it with sliced and sugared strawberries, or –
Cut it into cubes and dip it into this fabulous brown butter and toasted coconut cake fondue!
You’ll rave about this buttery, caramelly, coconutty, dip and want to put everything in it. It’s that good! Look below for tons of more great ideas to dip in this cake fondue.
Toasted Coconut Cake Fondue
with Angel Food Cake Bites
Originally Posted 2009 | Updated 2021
Light and fluffy Angel Food Cake tastes incredibly delicious dipped in this dessert cake fondue! It tastes like silky buttery caramel with crunchy flakes of toasted coconut to give it a little extra depth.
Toasted Coconut Cake Fondue
Ingredients
Cake
- 1 cup flour
- ¾ cup sugar
- 12 egg whites
- 1 ½ teaspoons cream of tartar
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup sugar
Cake Fondue
- 1 stick butter ½ cup
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 can evaporated milk 12 oz
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ½ cup toasted coconut
Instructions
Cake
- Sift 1 cup flour and ¾ cup sugar
- Set aside
- In a large clean bowl, whip egg whites, cream of tartar, vanilla and salt until soft peaks
- Add ¾ cup of sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time until stiff and glossy peaks are formed
- Fold in sifted flour and sugar ½ cup at a time
- Pour into ungreased 10″ angel food cake pan
- Bake Fahrenheit 375° for 35-40 minutes
- Invert cake in pan, let cool
- Once cooled, cut Angel Food Cake into cubes for dipping
Cake Fondue
- In a medium saucepan, melt butter over medium heat until melted
- Allow to simmer until butter is brown and smells like toffee
- Add evaporated milk and sugar and stir to combine
- In a small bow, whisk 2 egg yolks
- Slowly pour ⅓ of the butter mixture into the eggs to temper them
- Then return the eggs and mixture back to the pan to finish cooking
- Add vanilla and salt and bring to a boil
- Cook for 3 minutes
- Turn heat off and keep the mixture over the stove to continue cooking with residual heat
- Serve after 15 minutes, or keep in the fridge until ready to serve
- Heat up before serving
- Dip cake bites into Toasted Coconut Cake Fondue
Is this the Same Filling as German Chocolate Cake?
Almost!
It is definitely inspired by my favorite cake and gravel filling! It has more milk, less sugar and eggs – and of course no pecans!
Can I Use a Cake Mix instead of the Angel Food Cake?
Yes, make it simple! The best part of this recipe is the cake fondue, and no one will be talking about anything else!
What Else Can You Dip in This Toasted Coconut Cake Fondue?
We are going to get a little bit nuts here, but pause and think about each of these with a sweet caramel coconut fondue and thank me later!
- Bananas
- Pineapple
- Apples
- Marshmallows
- Brownies
- Blondies
- Chocolate
- All Cake
- Cinnamon Roll Chunks
- Pretzels
- Popcorn
- All Cookies
- Donut Holes
- Use a Spoon and Dip Ice Cream
- Frozen Cheesecake Bites
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
- Cheese, Brie Anyone?
- Granola
- Bacon
- Sausage
- Nuts
- Truffles
- Fried Chicken
- French Toast
- Banana Bread
- Pumpkin Bread
Anything that tastes delicious with caramel – so everything…
Can You Use This as a Topping Instead of a Fondue Dip?
Yes, see above for tons of fantastic ideas!
Recommended Fondue Sets
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Make This Cake Fondue
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More Amazing Caramel Recipes to Bake at Fahrenheit 350°!
- Double Brown Sugar Caramel Pineapple Upside Down Cake
- Salted Caramel Cheesecake
- Salted Caramel Bundt Cake
- Simple 3 Minute Marshmallow Popcorn Balls
- Shortbread Toffee Cookies
What a great Easter dessert! I will definently have to pick up some sauce at the art shoppe!
I like to dip in the sweet sauce first, and then the coconut one. MMMM!!!
HOW did i miss this post!? that is a cute fondu pot set! how darling! and, man! what an amazingly delicious dessert! thanks for sharing!