Click for Cookbook LOGIN
"Cookery is not chemistry. It is an art. It requires instinct and taste rather than exact measurements."--Marcel Boulestin

Coconut Cake Recipe

  Tried it? Rate this Recipe:
 

 

This recipe for Coconut Cake is from Memories From Our Grandmother's Kitchen, one of the cookbooks created at FamilyCookbookProject.com. We'll help you start your own personal cookbook! It's easy and fun. Click here to start your own cookbook!
Category:
Category:
Ingredients:  
Ingredients:  
4 1/4 Cup Flour
1 Tbsp. plus 1 tsp. Baking Powder
1 tsp. Salt
1 1/2 Cups Milk
1 1/4 Cup Coconut Milk
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
1 tsp Almond Extract
2 1/2 Sticks Butter
2 1/2 Cups Sugar
3 Eggs

For the Frosting:
8 oz. Creamed Cheese
3 Sticks of Butter
8 Cups of powdered sugar
1 tsp Coconut extract
1/4 Cup Coconut milk
1 Cup of shredded coconut.
Directions:
Directions:
In a medium bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking powder and whisk until combined.

In a large measuring cup, combine:
Milk
Coconut milk
Vanilla extract
Coconut extract
Set Aside

In the large bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter and cream cheese until pale and fluffy. Cream in sugar and beat until fluffy. Add eggs, one at a time and beat for about 3 minutes on high speed. Beat in flour mixture and milk mixture alternately in thirds, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Mix on low speed until just combined and smooth. Pour into 2 greased and floured 10 inch cake pans. Bake in a 350º oven for 25-30 minutes or until cake tester comes out clean

For the Frosting, Cream sugar and cream cheese until light and fluffy. Add 10x sugar one cup at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in coconut milk and coconut extract. Stir in shredded coconut.

Frost top and sides of cake. Press shredded coconut onto the sides of the cake. Toast about a cup of shredded coconut in a 350º oven until golden brown. Watch carefully as coconut with burn if left in for even a minute too long! Cool. Sprinkle toasted coconut onto the top of the cake.
Personal Notes:
Personal Notes:
Family Secrets:
This cake is a real crowd pleaser and I often get requests to bring this to pot-lucks and parties.You don't have to toast the coconut for the top of the cake, but I think that it does add some texture and intensity of flavor.
Enjoy!
~Lonny

 

 

 

Learn more about the process to create a cookbook -- or
Start your own personal family cookbook right now!  Here's to good eating!

Search for more great recipes here from over 1,500,000 in our family cookbooks!

 

 

 

18W  

Cookbooks are great for Holiday Gifts, Wedding Gifts, Bridal Shower ideas and Family Reunions!

*Recipes and photos entered into the Family Cookbook Project are provided by the submitting contributors. All rights are retained by the contributor. Please contact us if you believe copyright violations have occurred.

Search for more great recipes here from over 1,500,000 in our family cookbooks!