Coconut Cake
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- Yield Makes two 10-inch round cakes
Ingredients
- Nonstick cooking spray with flour
- 1 pound unsalted butter, preferably European-style
- 3 cups sugar
- 6 large eggs
- 4 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 1/2 tablespoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/2 cups heavy cream
- 1 1/2 tablespoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon coconut extract
Directions
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Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Spray two 10-inch round cake pans with cooking spray; set aside.
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In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 5 to 6 minutes. Add eggs, one at a time, and beat until creamy, occasionally scraping down sides of the bowl using a spatula.
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In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, and salt. In a small bowl, mix together cream, vanilla, and coconut extract. With mixer on low speed, add flour mixture, alternating with cream mixture, beginning and ending with flour; beat until just combined.
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Pour batter into prepared cake pans and bake until a toothpick inserted into the cake comes out clean, 40 to 45 minutes. Let cool completely on a wire rack before removing cakes from pans.
Hello. I love this recipe. What is exactly the baking powder suppose to be. help. Can i use this for a tiered wedding cake? thank u
1 teaspoon baking powder per 1 cup regular flour is the norm...and there are three teaspoons in a Tablespoon, so the proportion in the recipe is correct.
I love this recipe and use it often.the batter is great and can be used for different types of cakes,with ot without coconut,thanks a lot for the recipe
Yes, a total of 10 stick of butter. 4 for the cake, 4 for the filling and 2 for the frosting..... for a grand total of 10 sticks. My heart just can't take all that fat. Sorry.
I got a lot of compliments on this cake, but here are a few things to note..
a couple of things to note:
...1. in the recipe she says 1.5 TABLEspoons of baking powder; but I think that's wrong so I used 1.5 teaspoons.
2. when ur adding the cornstarch mixture be sure to dissolve the cornstarch completely before adding it to the rest of the filling
3. the actual cake took about 15 more minutes to bake than the recipe said it would...
there are indeed 10 sticks of butter in this recipe. Four in the cake, four in the filling, and two in the buttercream. Yep...10 sticks.
No, it doesn't have 10 sticks of butter. There are four sticks in a pound of butter.
This is really the best cake I have ever eaten. I have not tried the icing or filling yet, but if the cake is any indication I know it will also be delicious. Great with just a powdered sugar glaze.
to the upper right hand side you will notice cake slices if you place your cursor over the photo a link to filling and the other is the icing -- this page is like playing mario and looking for the wings for the plumbers ride
Did I read this right? The whole cake has 10 sticks of butter? OMG!
Absolutely the best coconut cake I've ever eaten. I halved the recipe and made an 8inch cake. Going to buy 10inch cake pans. Will make again and again!
My husband and I honeymooned in Charleston, SC and stayed at Planters Inn which is where Peninsula Grill is located. The last night we had a piece of this cake and OMG! It is soooo good! I'm going to give the recipe a try.. but I'm probably going to be ordering a cake to compair one day!!!!!
It would cost 223 dollars to have this delivered to my home. I will have to try to make this at home first and i bet it would cost a lot less. But i am tempted to order for a special occasion.
Martha says you can alter a flavoring but not an ingredient I guess that is why there are test kitchens they test tweak change the recipe to remove any threat of copy write infringement you can not reprint a recipe and claim it as your own unless it was never published before and the like so I would hesitate to change ingredients because I have done that and the results are hit or miss but if you are willing to risk it go for it
Martha says you can alter a flavoring but not an ingredient I guess that is why there are test kitchens they test tweak change the recipe to remove any threat of copy write infringement you can not reprint a recipe and claim it as your own unless it was never published before and the like so I would hesitate to change ingredients because I have done that and the results are hit or miss but if you are willing to risk it go for it
Look under the main title for ultimate coconut cake. There you will find the recipes for the filling, icing, and simple syrup.
Look under the main title for ultimate coconut cake. There you will find the recipes for the filling, icing, and simple syrup.
Yes, this is incomplete. I watched the show the day this cake was made and sense you said it would be on your site I did not write down the recipe. I need the filling for the cake recipe and directions for the sides of the cake.
Great cake the only thing I changed a bit was replaced the heavy cream with I cup of cream of coconut and a 1/2 cup cream, it made the coconut flavor intense we all loved it!! Great Cake, thankx!!
what do you mean, imcomplete? What is missing?
GOT ALL THE RECIPES AND MADE IT, TURNED OUT BEAUTIFUL, BUT OH SO SWEET, 6 ADULT NEIGHBORS AND OURSELVES WERE FULL. FROZE WHAT WAS LEFT. REALLY GOOD, THANKS MARTHA FOR PUTTING IT ON YOUR SITE.
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