Coconut Cake with Cream
This cake was to die for. My mom made it for my birthday, and everyone absolutely loved it. The cake was moist and just delicious. Thanks for sharing this amazing recipe :)
Yield
16 servingsPrep
20 minCook
25 minReady
90 minTrans-fat Free, Good source of fiber
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| ¾ | cup |
butter
or margarine |
|
| 1 ½ | cups |
sugar
|
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
separated |
|
| 3 | cups |
cake flour
sifted |
|
| 1 | tablespoon |
baking powder
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
salt
|
|
| ¾ | cup |
coconut milk
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
vanilla extract
pure |
|
| 1 ¾ | cups |
coconut
freshly grated |
*
|
| 1 | x |
whipped cream
sweetened or whipped topping |
*
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | ml |
butter
or margarine |
|
| 355 | ml |
sugar
|
|
| 3 | large |
eggs
separated |
|
| 7.1E+2 | ml |
cake flour
sifted |
|
| 15 | ml |
baking powder
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
salt
|
|
| 177 | ml |
coconut milk
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
vanilla extract
pure |
|
| 414 | ml |
coconut
freshly grated |
*
|
| 1 | x |
whipped cream
sweetened or whipped topping |
*
|
Directions
Cream butter until light and fluffy; gradually add sugar and cream until very light.
Beat egg yolks until lemon-colored; add to butter mixture, blending well.
Sift together flour, baking powder and salt; add to creamed flour mixture.
Add vanilla; stir in ¾ cup grated coconut.
Beat egg whites until stiff; gently fold into cake batter.
Turn batter into 2 greased, floured 9-inch layer pans; bake in preheated 350℉ (180℃) F oven 25 minutes, or until cake tester or wood pick inserted near center comes out dry.
Cool in pans 15 minutes.
Loosen and invert on rack to cool completely.
Frost with whipped cream; sprinkle remaining grated coconut over top and sides of cake.
