Better Than Sex Cake
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Better than Sex Cake – with a name like this how can you go wrong? Chocolate cake, soaked with sweetened condensed milk, caramel topping, cool whip and pecans.
I have a naughty cake for you! Well the name is naughty but the cake is crazy awesome!
When Penny, a reader, sent me this recipe I just knew I had to make it. How could I not? With a name like better than sex cake, I knew I had to make it and see how it would compare to sex in a pan. I just had to, cause that’s just how I roll!
So I did, and although I’m giving you the full recipe here, don’t pay attention to my 8×8 glass pan you see in the picture because the hand model told me to only make a little bit since there are only 2 of us and we’re not going to eat all that cake. Well that’s the last time I’ll listen to him! Now I have to fight him for that cake because every chance he gets he goes to the fridge and steals a bite or two. There’s not much left, oh how I wish I made the whole thing. So please if you make this, please make the whole thing, because you will thank me.
First of all you cannot go wrong with chocolate cake. But then when you soak it with sweetened condensed milk and caramel ice cream topping, well magic happens. And then you go ahead and are even naughtier by adding some cool whip and sprinkling some chopped nuts and toffee bits on top, well then you’ve just gone overboard and turned this cake into a super star.
While it may not look like much in the pictures and you may say to yourself that it looks pretty boring, this cake will fool you. When you take a bite you will be hooked and I dare you to eat only one slice. You’ll probably take the whole pan, grab a fork and gobble the whole thing down. Although I strongly don’t recommend  you do that, you might get a tummy ache. But I do recommend you make this cake, now, PRONTO! Run to the kitchen, I’m pretty sure you have these ingredients. Did I mention the chocolate cake came from a box? Yeah! That’s what’s awesome about this cake!
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Better Than Sex Cake
Prep: 15 mins
Cook: 45 mins
Total: 1 hr
Serves: 12
Ingredients
- 1 box of chocolate cake mix any brad will do, I used Duncan Hines
- 1/2 small can sweetened condensed milk 1 can is 14 oz, so use about 7 oz
- 1 jar of caramel ice cream topping I used Smuckers caramel syrup
- 1 8 oz container cool whip whipped topping
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- 1/2 cup toffee bits I used Skor bits
Instructions
- Bake the cake according to the instructions on the box. Note you will need additional ingredients, for example, eggs, water/milk, oil to make the cake.
- Let the cake cool completely and poke holes about 1 inch apart using the end of a wooden spoon.
- Pour the condensed milk into the holes of the cake. Pour the caramel topping over the cake and spread evenly.
- Spread the cool whip over the caramel topping then sprinkle with the chopped pecans and toffee bits.
- Refrigerate for about an hour or so then serve.
Stakki J says
Which is better? The cake or the sex in the pan? I’ve made the cake before and loved it (but its been at least 5 yrs) but wanted to know if I should make the cake again or try the pan for a work function.
jo says
Well if I had to choose, I’d go with sex in a pan. Personal favorite. 🙂 Oh and it’s perfect for work functions.
Nan W says
Great for pot lucks. I have made this for years. I combine the sweetened, condensed milk and caramel topping before spreading over cake. And, we prefer chopped Butterfinger bars. YUM
Becky Hughes says
I love “better than Sex’ cake. I use German Chocolate cake mix and it is awesome.
Also, could you help me find a recipe for BAKED Cherry Cheesecake. I always had it for my birthday growing up and can’t find it. My mom baked the philly (coop) cheese with diced up marachino cherries. It turn a nice pink. Please help.
Jo Cooks Team says
You can give this a try: https://www.smalltownwoman.com/mini-maraschino-cherry-cheesecakes/
I’m sure you can bake it as a whole cake rather than minis.
Rae-Lyn Noronha says
For poking holes into the cake with the wooden spoon, how far down should you poke the holes?
Jo Cooks Team says
Poke them all the way through.
Rt says
My daughter made her own variation, she made a vanilla pudding and put it on before Cool whip. We sprinkle shaved chocolate on top instead of toffee. She has also used cookies and cream pudding, but my favorite is the vanilla.
Shireen says
You havr such anazing recipes..m so confised now as to which one should i try first
Joanna Cismaru says
Start with your favorites. 🙂 Or at the beginning… 🤔
Donna Velez says
I can’t wait to make this cake. It looks delicious !!!
D Kennyt says
I can’t begin to tell you how wonderful this recipe turned out. Not to put guilt on you, but your recipes are so screwing up my gastric bypass surgery. LOL Another great recipe Jo, thanks for sharing!
Joanna Cismaru says
My pleasure, apparently moderation is key. 🙂
Pam says
make them for others so you can have a taste only and enjoy the pleasure not only of a very small “taste” but of the enjoyment you bring others….it is how I have kept trim. since mine. Now I am the cook and baker LOL. Love every moment of it! This will be the final treat for our last class.
Alice Lance says
Can’t wait to make your cakes. Thanks
Deborah J. says
I have a great story about Better then Sex cake…..:)
I was married in 1984 and my mother in law at that time passed all my husbands favorites recipes to me, and this was at the top of the list. But Barb called it Chocolate Heavenly Delight.
It became my go to desert for office functions and someone eventually informed me that it was actually called “Better then Sex Cake”….LOL
The two us of divorced in 2003, and I took a job in Oman as a contractor. In Jul 2007, I was invited to the 4th of Jul BBQ party hosted by the US Ambassador to Oman, and there was a desert contest planned.
After I decided to attend with another co-worker, the Program Manager of my Company pressed me to enter a desert, and after much thought I decided to track down the ingredients, and make this one.
Long story short is I won first place, and met the US Ambassador in person when he presented me w/a first place medal!!
Fenne Kieken says
What a great story and thank you so much for sharing it with us. I guess we would call that a “rave” review….
Lisa says
Want to make this for Mother’s Day..if I make it the night before do I need to cover it in the fridge?
Joanna Cismaru says
Yes, I’d cover it with plastic wrap.
Sharon Danielson says
I have made this cake for years. I always take it to church functions and everyone loves it.
However, the recipe I use called for 14 oz of evaporated milk and Betty Crocker German
Chocolate Cake Mix, with chocolate and toffee chips on top. Sometimes it is a little bit
runny at the bottom so I think I will try the 7 oz of sweetened milk.
JRiley says
Made this for a get-together today and am looking forward to trying it – although just thinking about what went into it is giving me a toothache! If it is anywhere near as good as your “sex in a pan” cake it has to be great. I can honestly say that one is my new favorite dessert of all time. Thanks for both and please keep ’em comin’.
Joanna Cismaru says
Glad you’re enjoying my recipes!
Barbara Dillon says
what size glass pan should I use for the full recipe and should it be removed from pan before all the outer ingredients are added
Nicole Beaulieu says
There should be instructions on your boxed cake to show you exactly which types of pans will work. Leave the cake in the pan so that the other ingredients can soak into it!