The Best Coconut Cake Recipe Ever
One of the best coconut cake i ever baked. It has full of coconut aroma and goodness. The cake turned out so light and the frosting is a delicious addition to the cake.
Ingredients
- Soft Unsalted Butter - 1 cup 225 grams
- Sugar - 1 ¼ cup 250 grams
- Eggs - 2
- Vanilla Extract - 2 tsp
- All Purpose Flour / Maida - 2 cups 240 grams
- Baking Powder - 1.5 tsp
- Baking Soda - ½ tsp
- Salt - ¼ tsp
- Coconut Milk - 1 cup 225 ml
- Coconut Extract - ½ teaspoon to 1 tsp
- Shredded dried coconut - ¾ cup + 1 cup for decorating
- Cream Cheese frosting - 1 batch Recipe here
MY 1 CUP MEASURES 240 ML
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 degree C. Grease and flour two 8 inch round cake pan with butter and flour. Set aside.
- Take butter in a bowl, add sugar, vanilla and mix till creamy.
- Add eggs and mix till creamy.
- Add in flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and fold lightly.
- Add coconut milk and fold gently.
- Add in ¾ cup of coconut and fold gently.
- Spoon it into the cake pans and bake it in a preheated oven for 40 to 45 mins.
- Remove it and cool completely.
- Make a batch of cream cheese frosting. Add some coconut extract to the frosting.
- Now slice the cooled cakes in half middle.
- Arrange it in a plate and frost with the frosting on each layer. Now cover the entire cake in frosting and press with coconut all over.
- Chill the cake for few hours before slicing.