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Perfumed Coconut Cake

SUBMITTED BY: Simply American      PHOTO BY: SunnyByrd

"This cake tastes like no other coconut cake - moist beyond belief with the coconut flavor perfuming every bite. Your house will smell divine while this is baking. I made this for my French boss who didn't believe that good baking could come from cake mixes. Voila! He's a convert. What you don't eat as a dessert tastes fabulous the morning after with coffee."
PREP TIME  30 Min
COOK TIME  10 Min
READY IN  40 Min
SERVINGS & SCALING
Original recipe yield: 10 servings
    
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INGREDIENTS

  • Cake
  • 1 (18.25 ounce) package yellow cake mix without pudding
  • 1 (3.5 ounce) package instant coconut cream pudding mix
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 cup coconut milk (not coconut cream)
  • 1 teaspoon coconut extract
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  •  
  • Frosting
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 7 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup milk or cream (use coconut milk if you have some leftover)
  • 1 teaspoon coconut extract
  • 3/4 cup shredded coconut
  • 3 tablespoons chopped pecans (optional)

DIRECTIONS

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Grease and flour two 8-inch round cake pans.
  2. Put the cake mix and the instant pudding in a mixing bowl and stir until completely combined. Crack in the 3 eggs, then add the coconut milk, coconut extract, and butter.
  3. Blend for approximately 3 minutes in a stand mixer, or 5 minutes with hand-held mixer. This will give the pudding time to develop.
  4. Spread the batter evenly in the two prepared cake pans. Bake for about 30 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the cakes are set and just beginning to pull away from the sides of the pans.
  5. Remove from the oven and let the cakes cool completely. Because they are moist the cakes will be heavy. Don't worry.
  6. Whip the frosting ingredients together until completely fluffy. (Add a tablespoon of milk at a time if you need it to whip up fluffier.)
  7. Frost the cooled cake, placing the first cake layer round side down on a plate, then spread frosting across the middle. Put the flat side of the other layer down on frosted center. Frost sides and top of cake.
  8. Toast some coconut until golden brown (not dark brown) in the oven. If you are using the pecans, toast them as well. Toss nuts and coconut together, then sprinkle on top of the cake.
  9. Refrigerate cake if not serving within one or two hours. Bring to room temperature for at least one hour before serving.
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Reviewed on Aug. 4, 2007 by HotPad
A friend and I made this for a Hawaiian party and it was fantastic. You can cut the icing recipe in half, though, if you don't like thick frosting.

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Reviewed on Jul. 26, 2007 by KTCRUISER
WOW. I think I died and went to heaven. After a dry run last week, I made this cake again with a couple of small changes, which I think improved it, even though it is an AWESOME cake just as it is. First, I added 1/2 cup of shredded coconut to the batter, and the biggest and the best change was that I made a cream cheese frosting, adding the coconut extract. I always slightly underbake my cakes and I suggest you do the same...

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Reviewed on Aug. 4, 2007 by ovenlovin
don't know what i did wrong, but this cake did not impress me. i bake for a living and was not happy with recipe. followed recipe did not experience the coconut aroma mentioned and cake was not real moist as promised. icing called for 7 cups of sugar, i used 5 and that was plenty..was still very sweet. will not be making this again.

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Simply American
Cooking Level: Intermediate
Living In: Seattle, Washington, USA
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NUTRITION INFORMATION

Servings Per Recipe: 10

Amount Per Serving

Calories: 961

  • Total Fat: 43.9g
  • Cholesterol: 140mg
  • Sodium: 780mg
  • Total Carbs: 140.7g
  •     Dietary Fiber: 1.3g
  • Protein: 5.6g

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