Southern Coconut Cake

Southern Coconut Cake could be just the lacto ovo vegetarian recipe you've been looking for. This dessert has 1096 calories, 9g of protein, and 55g of fat per serving. For $1.21 per serving, this recipe covers 15% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe serves 12. It is brought to you by Add A Pinch. 346 people found this recipe to be delicious and satisfying. Plenty of people really liked this Southern dish. It is perfect for Mother's Day. If you have baking powder, baking soda, milk, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes. Overall, this recipe earns a pretty good spoonacular score of 45%. Similar recipes include Southern Coconut Cake, Coconut Southern Comfort Layer Cake, and Southern Sour Cream- Coconut Layer Cake.

Servings: 12

Preparation duration: 15 minutes

Cooking duration: 30 minutes

 

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Cooking instruction summary:

Butter Cake RecipePreheat oven to 350 degrees.Prepare 3 9-inch cake pans with shortening and flour.Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt with a whisk in a large bowl. Set aside.Cream butter until fluffy and then add sugar. Cream together for about 8 more minutes.Add eggs, 1 at a time, and cream together after each.Add flour mixture and buttermilk, alternately, beginning and ending with flour. Combine each addition of flour and then turn mixer on high to add air into the batter.Add vanilla and beat well. Turn mixer on high once vanilla has been incorporated for about 10 seconds to lighten batter.Divide among pans and bake for 25-30 minutes until set.Turn out of pans onto cooling racks and allow to cool completely.Southern Coconut FrostingWhip butter until it reaches light and fluffy stage.Slowly add sugar, beating well after each addition.When all sugar has been incorporated, the butter and sugar will look like crumbles.With mixer set on low speed, add in milk.Then, beat on high speed for few minutes.Add vanilla and coconut flavorings and beat on high speed until the frosting reaches a spreading consistency.If it is too dry, add milk a few drops at a time.If it is too wet, add powdered sugar a few sprinkles at a time until it reaches the correct consistency.Frost cake and then sprinkle with coconut flake.

 

Step by step:

1. Butter Cake Recipe

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.Prepare 3 9-inch cake pans with shortening and flour.

3. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt with a whisk in a large bowl. Set aside.Cream butter until fluffy and then add sugar. Cream together for about 8 more minutes.

4. Add eggs, 1 at a time, and cream together after each.

5. Add flour mixture and buttermilk, alternately, beginning and ending with flour.

6. Combine each addition of flour and then turn mixer on high to add air into the batter.

7. Add vanilla and beat well. Turn mixer on high once vanilla has been incorporated for about 10 seconds to lighten batter.Divide among pans and bake for 25-30 minutes until set.Turn out of pans onto cooling racks and allow to cool completely.Southern Coconut Frosting

8. Whip butter until it reaches light and fluffy stage.Slowly add sugar, beating well after each addition.When all sugar has been incorporated, the butter and sugar will look like crumbles.With mixer set on low speed, add in milk.Then, beat on high speed for few minutes.

9. Add vanilla and coconut flavorings and beat on high speed until the frosting reaches a spreading consistency.If it is too dry, add milk a few drops at a time.If it is too wet, add powdered sugar a few sprinkles at a time until it reaches the correct consistency.Frost cake and then sprinkle with coconut flake.

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