Easy Coconut Cake
Tender coconut cake topped with luscious coconut cream cheese frosting and toasted coconut.
Ingredients
Cake
- 2 ¾ cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 4 room temperature egg whites
- ½ cup butter softened
- ½ cup coconut oil
- 1 ¾ cups sugar
- 1 cup cream of coconut sweetened, not coconut milk
- 4 egg yolks
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup buttermilk
Coconut Cream Cheese Frosting
- 4 ounces cream cheese softened
- 5 Tbsp butter softened to room temperature
- 1 pinch salt
- ½ tsp coconut extract
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 1 Tbsp cream of coconut more or less
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Beat egg whites in a glass bowl till stiff peaks form. Set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat butter, coconut oil, and sugar with a hand mixer till creamy. Beat in the cream of coconut, egg yolks and vanilla.
- Add the dry ingredients and the buttermilk. Beat till just combined.
- Gently fold in the stiff egg whites till well incorporated.
- Pour batter into a well greased 9x13" cake pan. Bake at 350° for 40-45 minutes or till toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Cool completely.
For frosting:
- 1. Beat cream cheese and butter in a mixing bowl till smooth and creamy.
- 2.Beat in coconut extract, salt, powdered sugar, and enough cream of coconut to make a spreadable consistency.
- 3. Spread frosting over cooled cake and sprinkle with toasted coconut.
Nutrition
Serving: 1gCalories: 563kcalCarbohydrates: 81gProtein: 5gFat: 25gSaturated Fat: 18gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0.4gCholesterol: 88mgSodium: 291mgPotassium: 79mgFiber: 1gSugar: 62gVitamin A: 503IUCalcium: 55mgIron: 1mg
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