Fluffy Coconut Cake

Name: Fluffy Coconut Cake
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 10 wedges
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1 cup unsweetened coconut; 3 teaspoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon salt; 3/4 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 3 eggs; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 1 cup unsweetened coconut milk

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Recipe by Poutine

From Chatelaine magazine. It's the coconut milk in this cake that keeps it moist. To be frosted with Recipe #216003.

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READY IN: 55mins

YIELD: 10 wedges

UNITS: US

INGREDIENTS

Nutrition

2 ¹⁄₂

cups all-purpose flour
1

cup unsweetened coconut
3

teaspoons baking powder
1

teaspoon salt
³⁄₄

cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 ¹⁄₂

cups sugar
3

eggs
2

teaspoons vanilla
1

cup unsweetened coconut milk

DIRECTIONS

Preheat oven at 350°. Lightly butter two 9-inch round cake pans. Line bottoms with a circle of lightly buttered waxed paper. In a bowl, using a fork, stir flour with coconut,baking powder and salt.
Using an electric mixer, beat butter with sugar until light,occasionally scraping the side of the bowl, 3 minutes. Beat eggs,once at a time,until evenly mixed,then beat in vanilla. With mixer on low,add flour mixture in 2 parts,altering with coconut milk.
Divide batter between prepared pans. Smooth tops. Bake in centre of preheated oven until cake tester inserted into centre of cakes comes out clean, 30 to 40 minutes.Remove pans to racks. Cool 10 minutes, then turn cakes out onto racks. Turn top side down so cakes will be flat, for easy icing. Cool.
Fill and frost with white chocolate and cream cheese icing, Recipe #216003.

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