Coconut Layer Cake W/ Cream Cheese Coconut Frosting
photo by Jonathan Melendez
- Ready In:
- 1hr 5mins
- Ingredients:
- 16
- Serves:
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24
ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter (softened)
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 eggs (separated)
- 1 cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon coconut extract
- 1 cup shredded coconut
- 1⁄2 cup butter (softened)
- 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon coconut extract
- 1 cup shredded coconut
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour 2-9 inch cake pans.
- Sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter till creamy, add sugar until smooth. Add egg yolks, one at a time, beating after each addition.
- Add flour mixture and milk alternatively, beginning and ending with the flour. Stir in vanilla, coconut ext, and 1 cup coconut.
- In another bowl, beat egg whites till stiff but not dry and fold into cake mixture.
- Divide the batter evenly between pans. Bake in preheated oven for 30-35 or until toothpick is inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Allow cakes to cool completely before frosting.
- To Make Frosting: Blend butter and cream cheese till smooth. Add powdered sugar slowly. Add vanilla and coconut extract. Fold in shredded coconut. Spread on cooled cake.
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Reviews
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Here i am again rating this Coconut Cake, i just took one out of the oven for my Sister's Birthday , she want's me to add pineapple in her's, i'll put it between the layer's. i'm thinking about making me one for my Birthday also. Last week i made one for someone Birthday. I'm telling you, once you make this cake, you will keep on making it, that's how good it is. Shaneshane's Auntie-Auntie
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I cannot believe this is ONLY the 4th review on this cake!!!<br/>I am not a "coconut" lover, the flavor is light in coconut. The cake is exquisite, thick, and one of the best I have had. Being that it is white, the frosting can be colored for a birthday. I have used it for my sons baptism, gave the recipe to a co worker for her sons confirmation. To identify it as "coconut" I had "tapped" the flakes over the frosting so you can see them. The frosting "makes the cake". Again: I'm not a big frosting person, (picky eater), the frosting is thick over the cake, and as explained above the cake is rich and moist. A nice scope of cake to frosting ratio is amazing. I make this for our potlucks at work and make sure i bring copies of this recipe. There is none left, I always grab a piece to take home before it is gone.<br/>Try it you will not be disappointed. I don't write reviews. but couldn't let this great cake only have 3!! People deserve to have some of this. You only live once!!!
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Beachbunnymom
Inverness