Coconut Cake
- Reviews 2
Ready In: 40 mins
Serves: 8-10
Yields: 2 "9 inch round layers"
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 cups sugar
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 1⁄2 cups milk
- 1⁄2 cup butter, softened
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1⁄2 teaspoon coconut extract or 1⁄2 teaspoon coconut flavoring
- 2 eggs
- 3⁄4 cup shredded unsweetened coconut
Directions
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
- In a bowl combine flour, sugar and baking powder.
- Add milk, butter, vanilla and coconut flavoring.
- Beat with mixer on low speed until combined.
- Beat on high speed for 2 minutes.
- Add eggs and beat 2 minutes more.
- Gently stir coconut into batter.
- Pour batter into two prepared pans.
- Bake at 375°F for about 25-30 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool wire on racks for 10 minutes.
- Remove from pans and cool completely on racks.
- When completely cooled, frost with your favorite frosting.
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