Daphne Oz's Coconut Pound Cake
- Ready In:
- 1hr 15mins
- Ingredients:
- 13
- Yields:
-
1 cake
- Serves:
- 10
ingredients
- 4 eggs
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 3 cups flour
- 1⁄2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1⁄2 salt
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 1 cup flaked coconut, unsweetened
- 1 cup pecans, chopped
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GLAZE
- 1⁄2 water
- 2 tablespoons salted butter
- 1 cup sugar
- powdered sugar, for dusting
directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a large bowl, combine eggs, sugar and butter; beat with an electric mixer until light and fluffy, approximately 3 minutes.
- Combine flour, baking powder and salt in a separate bowl.
- Add flour mixture to batter alternately with buttermilk, in 3 parts; mix gently until just moistened.
- Stir in coconut and pecans.
- Pour batter into a pound cake mold (loaf shaped pan).
- Bake for 60 minutes or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean.
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For the glaze:
- Five minutes before cake is finished baking make the glaze.
- Combine water, butter and sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and cook for 5 minutes.
- Slowly pour half the syrup over the cake (bottom), invert onto a serving plate and pour remaining syrup over the top.
- Dust with powdered sugar.
- Let stand for 10 minutes and eat warm!
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