White Chocolate Coconut Pound Cake

April 21, 2024

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Coconut lovers go loopy over this coconut cake recipe! Dense however moist, the tops and sides of the cake are coated with white chocolate frosting and sweetened shredded coconut. You’ll bake the coconut pound cake batter is in a bundt pan. So there’s no fussing with a number of cake pans or cake layers to assemble.

Kayley says:

“My husband and FIL are lovers of all issues coconut and so they have declared this THE BEST coconut cake they’ve ever had. Comply with the recipe precisely. Completely superb.”

Coconut Cake Recipe

Like many pregnant ladies, throughout my final trimester, I went a little bit loopy with nesting. I used to be cleansing closets, organizing hallways, and rearranging our kitchen cupboards. One factor I observed whereas I used to be organizing the kitchen? We had an INSANE quantity of coconut!! And never only one selection: sweetened shredded coconut, flaked coconut, coconut oil, and coconut milk!

Clearly, this was an indication from the universe to cease cleansing and bake a coconut cake as a substitute, proper? So I dropped every part – besides the coconut – and bought baking! 12 truffles later… I lastly cracked the code on methods to bake one of the best coconut cake ever.

Why you’ll Love this Coconut Pound Cake

Full of irresistible coconut taste… only one chunk of this selfmade cake will transport you to the tropics! However not a lot so that you simply really feel such as you’re consuming a bottle of sunscreen. If you realize… you realize.
The cake batter comes collectively shortly and is baked inside a bundt pan. Yay – no fussing with parchment paper cutouts and greasing a number of cake pans!
Bundt truffles are tremendous simple and look spectacular! This cake is a showstopper… nobody will understand how simple it’s to make and adorn.
When the cake emerges from the oven, it’s completely golden and moist. The crumb is melt-in-your-mouth buttery and moist. This cake is someway each dense and gentle and lightweight fluffy. Cake magic!
Coated in a thick gown of sunshine and fluffy white chocolate frosting. The candy buttercream coverers the tops and sides of the cake… making it fairly the showstopper! When you don’t desire a tremendous candy frosting, be happy to make use of cream cheese frosting as a substitute.
Adorned with additional coconut for texture and style! You should utilize massive flaked coconut, sweetened shredded coconut, or finely shredded coconut. Or use the entire above! You may also skip including additional coconut, or press recent berries on the the cake as a substitute.
This cake stays moist and recent for days on finish! So it’s the right make-ahead dessert deal with. Learn my recommendations on methods to retailer this coconut cake beneath.

The right way to Make Coconut Cake

To make sure this cake has loads of coconut taste, you’ll use coconut extract, coconut milk, and coconut oil! This would possibly sound like coconut overload. However I promise it’s the right mixture for simply the fitting coconut taste.
You’ll additionally use copious quantities of butter and cream cheese, which provides the coconut cake batter a lusciously clean texture. And leads to a golden crumb that’s moist, dense, and tender. Don’t skimp on these substances, this isn’t the place to attempt to reduce on saturated fats! When you do, your selfmade cake will probably be dry and also you’ll undoubtedly remorse it!
Along with the substances talked about above, you’ll want eggs, vanilla, sugar, flour, baking powder, and salt. In contrast to loads of coconut truffles that use solely egg whites, this recipe makes use of complete eggs. So that you gained’t have a ton of egg yolks leftover!
Make certain your eggs, butter, and cream cheese are all at room temperature earlier than you start baking! Chilly substances don’t bond evenly.
You’ll want a stand mixer or electrical mixer and a big bowl to beat these substances collectively.
For greatest outcomes, use a digital kitchen scale to weight your dry substances! By no means pack flour right into a measuring cup when measuring it. An excessive amount of flour provides you with a dry cake.
Don’t cut back the powdered sugar known as for within the buttercream or it gained’t set correctly.
Be sure you learn the total recipe card on the backside of this put up for the total recipe and ingredient record.

Bake the Cake Batter

Step one is preheating your oven to 325 levels (F). Do that no less than half-hour earlier than you intend on baking.
You’ll bake the cake at a decrease temperature in order that the cake can bake absolutely by with out burning. Low and gradual is the best way to go once you’re baking an enormous and heavy cake like this!
Subsequent you’ll scrape the cake batter into the ready cake pan and clean the highest. Use a rubber spatula that can assist you scrape the entire batter into the pan. You don’t need to go away any behind!
Professional-tip: you’ll want to GENEROUSLY spray the bundt pan with nonstick baking spray. I counsel spraying the pan proper earlier than you add the cake batter so it doesn’t slip off the pan earlier than you add the cake.
And use the fitting cake pan, which for this recipe, is a bundt cake pan. This recipe has an excessive amount of cake batter for a loaf pan, so resist the temptation to make use of that as a substitute! And it’s too dense to be a layer cake.
Bake till a toothpick inserted in the course of the cake comes out clear! This needs to be between 55 and 60 minutes in case your oven runs on the right temperature! However use your senses and the toothpick technique simply to make sure!
Place the baked cake on a wire rack – IN THE PAN – for precisely 10 minutes. Then fastidiously invert the coconut cake onto a separate wire rack to chill utterly! You’ll need to set a timer right here, as letting it cool too lengthy within the pan can result in it sticking!

Let’s Enhance this Coconut Cake Recipe

Step 1: Make the white chocolate buttercream frosting. You are able to do this as much as 2 hours upfront. Retailer the frosting, coated with plastic wrap, at room temperature till wanted. I don’t counsel inserting this frosting within the fridge earlier than use.
Step 2: Slather the highest of the tops and sides of the cake with frosting. This gentle and fluffy frosting spreads simply, so adorning is enjoyable and carefree. Be at liberty to make use of no matter frosting technique you want greatest. And don’t stress an excessive amount of right here, as a result of the highest and sides of the cake find yourself coated in coconut anyway.
Step 3: Enhance this coconut cake recipe with TONS of coconut! You should utilize only one selection. Or go loopy like me and use a mixture of finely shredded coconut, sweetened shredded coconut, and coconut flakes!
Choice: When you want a much less candy deal with, be happy to make use of unsweetened coconut as a substitute! Or skip the frosting all collectively and easily mud the entire cake with confectioners’ sugar and serve with recent berries! Or use a cream cheese frosting as a substitute.

The right way to Retailer Coconut Cake

You’ll be able to retailer this selfmade cake at room temperature for as much as 3 days. To maintain it longer than that, I counsel storing it within the fridge so it doesn’t produce mildew.
It’ll hold effectively frosted, or unfrosted, so you possibly can select to frost proper after baking or wait till proper earlier than serving.
To maintain this cake moist, you’ll need to tightly cowl the cake with plastic wrap and retailer in a cool space of your house. When you’re storing lower cake, you’ll want to press plastic wrap immediately in opposition to the lower ends of the cake, which helps retain moisture.
For even higher protection, place the wrapped cake in a cake keeper with a lid. You could possibly additionally place the plastic wrapped cake on a cake stand with a lid. Or you possibly can place the cake on a big plate and place an inverted pot on high of it.

Though cake is clearly an awesome alternative for dessert, this coconut bundt cake may simply be part of a brunch menu! In actual fact, I’ve requested my hubby bake me one for Mom’s day this yr. It pairs nice with recent fruit, eggs, bacon, and naturally – mimosas!

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