Earthquake Cake - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    1 (18 ounce) package devil's food cake mix or (18 ounce) package chocolate cake mix (any type you like, I use Duncan Hines)
    1 1/3 cups water, to prepare cake
    1/2 cup vegetable oil, to prepare cake
    3 large eggs, to prepare cake
    1 cup chopped nuts (I use pecans or english walnuts)
    1 cup coconut
    1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese, softened (I usually use low fat)
    1/2 cup butter, softened
    1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    2 cups confectioners' sugar
    3/4 cup semisweet chocolate morsel
Preparation
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
    Grease a 13 x 9 pan.
    I use Pam cooking spray.
    Evenly sprinkle nuts and coconut on bottom of pan.
    In a large bowl prepare cake mix: Blend cake mix, water, oil and eggs at low speed for 30 seconds.
    Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
    Pour batter over nuts and coconut.
    In a separate bowl mix the cream cheese, butter confectioners sugar and vanilla extract until smooth.
    Drop by spoonfuls over batter, do not mix in Sprinkle with chocolate chips.
    Bake at 350 degrees for 5o minutes.

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