Coconut Pound Cake (Using Coconut Milk)

chef_cmontes's Note:

I was looking online for a coconut pound cake that used coconut milk and came across one that was similar to the one that I wanted. However, I made quite a few changes and I believe that it has been perfected :-) This pound cake has a wonderfully rich coconut flavor b/c it uses coconut milk. The coconut milk and coconut are both un-sweetened, so you may add a little more sugar if you'd like, but this recipe is great even if you don't have a "sweet tooth". ADDITIONAL NOTES: After readin some of the reviews, I tried this same recipe and added a "Brown suger Toasted Coconut Glaze". It makes it even better. See below

• Total Time: 1 hrs 10 mins
• Prep Time: 10 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs

Ingredients:

Serves: 8

Yield: 1.0 loaf

• 4 eggs
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• ¾ cup butter , softened
• ¾ cup coconut milk , unsweetened
• ½ cup shredded coconut , unsweetened
• 1 ¾ cups sugar
• 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
• ¾ teaspoon baking powder
• ¼ teaspoon salt

Optional Brown Sugar-Toasted Coconut Glaze

• 3 tablespoons butter
• ¼ cup brown sugar
• ½ teaspoon vanilla
• ½ cup coconut , toasted

optional

• 2 tablespoons coconut milk

Directions:

1. Preheat over to 325 degrees.
2. Greese and flour 1 loaf pan, set aside.
3. In a mixing bowl, mix softened butter and sugar together until fluffy.
4. In a seperate small bowl, mix together flour, salt, baking powder, and shredded coconut.
5. Add eggs, one at a time into butter/sugar mixture. Mix well.
6. Add vanilla, then add coconut milk, alternating with flour/coconut mixture (this will prevent lumps).
7. Pour batter into loaf pan and bake for 1 - 1 1/4 hours.
8. If you wish to use the glaze, heat a sauce pan to medium high heat, add butter and brown sugar. Stirring constantly, once brown sugar has dissolved add the toasted coconut, vanilla and if desired 2 TBSP coconut milk. Remove from heat and allow to slightly cool. Stir just before pouring over cooled cake.

Reviews

[michEgan]

I found this recipe to be a very good one. I used this pound cake for stawberry shortcake. It was great! I used the low fat coconut milk, and I did add a cup of coconut. Plus I added coconut flour 1/2 c. It was very very good! This is a recipe to be made often!!! Thank you very much for sharing it with us! YUM!

[dr24ss_12495473]

I came searching for this recipe due to another recipe I tried but was a disaster! I wanted to make a coconut cranberry trifle. The recipe for the cake part was horrible! so I found this one and it was wonderful! I did change out the vanilla extract for coconut extract to give the pound cake a more coconuty taste. Layering theses chunks of pound cake with a home made coconut pudding/custard and a from scratch cranberry sauce was fantastic with the dessert Ice wine I served, try it with Jana Angel Eis by Scott Harvey.

[mixplate84]

The cake came out good. Mosit, just not coconuty enough for me.