Coconut Bundt Cake With Powdered-Sugar Glaze

Submitted by Ashley U

"Coconut milk gives this cake a velvety texture. Canned coconut milk is available in the Asian foods aisle at the market or at the Asian market."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 30mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 16-18

ingredients

• 3 cups cake flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup butter, at room temp
• 2 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 6 large eggs
• 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
• 1⁄2 teaspoon coconut extract
• 1 1⁄4 cups unsweetened coconut milk, divided
• 2 cups flaked coconut
• 1 3⁄4 cups powdered sugar
• sweetened flaked coconut (to garnish)

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Butter and flour a 12 cup bundt pan.
3. Sift flour and salt together.
4. Beat butter and sugar in a large bowl until fluffy.
5. Add extracts and the eggs one at a time until well mixed.
6. Mix flour mixture into the batter alternatively with one cup of the coconut milk.
7. Fold in two cups of flaked coconut.
8. Transfer batter to the prepared bundt pan and bake until top is golden brown (about 1 hour and ten minutes).
9. Cool in cake pan for about five minutes then invert onto cooling rack.
10. Whisk powdered sugar and remaining 1/4 cup of coconut milk.
11. Spoon glaze over cake and sprinkle with additional coconut.

Reviews

[FlemishMinx]

This is a delicious cake, moist, and easy to make as well. I only had one cup flaked coconut and I didn't have any coconut extract (so I left that out) but it still had a nice coconut flavor, enough for me anyway. Ashley, I would suggest you edit this recipe . . . as you can see, steps 4 and 5 are duplicates and there is no mention of the additions of the sugar or coconut milk (except in the glaze). I figured it out, but others might have problems. After you do so, I'll come back and edit my review (removing this second paragraph). Thanks for the lovely recipe !

 

[Disque]

This recipe has no leavening. That's something I noticed after it was in the oven. The flavor is good, but the texture isn't really a cake. It's more like a combination of a cake and a baked, firm pudding. I'll probably cut it up and make a strawberry trifle with it.

 

[alicas510]

This was the first time I've made a coconut cake and I don't think I will ever look for another recipe. I made this for a party and people could not say enough good things about it. Almost everyone went back for seconds. Thank you for a wonderful recipe!

 

[jennifer jay]

The texture of this cake is what makes it! So soft and moist. My icing turned out a little sticky but still amazing overall! Thank you

 

[bjbuttillo]

My son loves this cake! I expected a much more pronounced coconut flavor with using both the extract and coconut milk. The texture reminds me very much of a pound cake but that could be due to having to substitute corn starch and all purpose flour for the cake flour since I didn't have any on hand. In any case I can't wait till the strawberries are looking better as this cake is just screaming for some fresh sliced berries and whipped cream. (13)