Coconut Cake
- Ready In:
- 55mins
- Ingredients:
- 15
- Serves:
-
16
ingredients
- 1 1⁄3 cups sugar
- 1 cup butter
- 3 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 1⁄3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2⁄3 cup almond flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
- 1⁄2 cup half-and-half
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Frosting
- 1⁄3 cup water
- 2 egg whites
- 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
- 1⁄4 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 2 cups sweetened flaked coconut
directions
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Grease and flour 9 x 13-inch baking pan.
- In large bowl, combine sugar and butter.
- Using electric mixer, cream sugar and butter until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each.
- Add vanilla; mix until blended.
- Combined dry ingredients, and then add alternately with half and half to butter mixture, and mix until blended.
- Spoon batter into prepared cake pan; with metal spatula, spread batter evenly in pan.
- Bake at 350°F 30 to 35 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
- Cool 10 minutes; loosen from sides of pan.
- Invert on cooling rack.
- To make frosting, heat water in top of double boiler to simmer.
- With electric mixer, beat in egg whites, sugar, cream of tartar, and vanilla until soft peaks form (about 7 minutes).
- Remove pan from heat.
- Cool 15-20 minutes.
- With top side of cake up, spread frosting on top and sides.
- Sprinkle coconut onto top and sides; pat gently into frosting.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
love4culinary
United States
Since April 2008, I have been a vegetarian. I dont eat creatures...that's the easiest way to put it! :D
I still eat a small amount of dairy, but not very much.
I have been missing around here for a while, and hope to poke my head in a bit more often from now on...
I hope you enjoy my recipes...