Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, coconut cake. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Coconut Cake is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It’s easy, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. Coconut Cake is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook coconut cake using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Coconut Cake:
- Prepare 2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
- Prepare 1 cup Sweetened Shredded Coconut
- Get 1/2 tsp Salt
- Prepare 2 tsp Baking Powder
- Prepare 1 cup Unsalted Butter, softened at room temperature
- Make ready 1/4 cup Coconut Oil
- Take 1 cup Sugar
- Get 4 large eggs
- Get 2 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- Prepare 1 cup Buttermilk
- Get For the Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting:
- Get 8 oz. Cream Cheese, softened at room temperature
- Take 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter, softened at room temperature
- Take 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- Make ready 2 cups Powdered Sugar
Steps to make Coconut Cake:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and spray a 9 inch spring form pan with non-stick spray and set aside. You can also make this cake in a 10 inch Bundt Cake pan.
- In a small bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, salt and set aside.
- In the bowl of your electric mixer (or with a hand mixer), beat together the butter, sugar and coconut oil until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, vanilla extract and continue to mix until all the ingredients are well incorporated.
- Pour the buttermilk and beat until combined. Slowly add the dry ingredients and mix it all together until it’s incorporated. Gently fold in the shredded coconut.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, for about 45 minutes. Allow the cake to cool completely before frosting.
- For the frosting, in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla extract until well blended. Slowly add powered sugar and continue to mix until smooth.
- Once the cake has completely cooled, spread the top and the sides of the cake with frosting, and top it with flaked coconut.
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