Coconut recipe collection

Moist date cake with a bubbly brown sugar and coconut topping baked right on. Dates simmered in water create natural sweetness, while the toasted coconut layer adds caramel crunch.

Buttery shortbread crust topped with a fluffy almond paste filling, folded egg whites, lemon juice, and flaked coconut. A Dutch bakery classic that yields 50 bars from one pan.

A hilariously gross Halloween cake decorated to look like a head with frosting 'hair,' cherry eyes, and a fruit roll-up tongue. Kids go absolutely wild for this one. Easy box cake base.

Lord Baltimore cake with three yellow cake layers, fluffy egg white frosting, and a filling of crumbled macaroons, pecans, and maraschino cherries. A Southern showstopper made easy with a cake mix shortcut.

Sad cake is a dense, chewy brown-sugar cake studded with coconut and nuts, made easy with a baking mix. It sinks in the middle on purpose, baking up gooey and butterscotchy like a giant blondie.

Fresh coconut cream pie layers a silky stovetop coconut custard under a cloud of golden meringue, finished with a shower of toasted coconut. An old-fashioned, made-from-scratch pie with tender custard and crisp-tipped peaks.

Gado Gado (Mixed Vegetables with Peanut Sauce) recipe

Gai Dom Kha is Thailand's coconut chicken soup, built on lemongrass, galangal-style ginger, and lime, finished with fish sauce and chiles. Creamy, hot, and deeply aromatic.

German Chocolate Brownies with Coconut and Nut Frosting recipe

German chocolate cheesecake squares layer chocolate cream cheese filling over a yeasted crust, topped with the classic coconut-pecan caramel topping.

A basic, but delectable cake made with pecans, coconut and cream cheese.

Ginger Grilled Chicken on Apple Rice Papaya Coconut Cream recipe

No-bake frozen Gold Mine Pie layered with cream cheese filling, caramel drizzle, and toasted coconut-pecan crunch. Two pies from one batch, freezer-friendly for make-ahead desserts.

Don't let the name fool you, because these tasty snacks are made with oats, walnuts and sweetened coconut.

Sumatran grilled snapper finished in a coconut-turmeric curry with galangal, lemongrass, and wilted greens. A fragrant Indonesian fish simmer ready in 35 minutes.

Hawaiian chicken salad with curried sour cream, chutney, toasted coconut, and ginger, served in cantaloupe halves or over shredded lettuce.