5 from 24 votes
Classic Coconut Cake
Classic Coconut Cake is a layered cake made with butter, sugar, egg yolks, vanilla, and coconut milk combined with cake flour and baking powder. The airy cake batter incorporates folded stiff egg whites for lightness. Once baked, the cake is frosted with coconut-flavored buttercream and finished with toasted shredded coconut for texture and flavor. This dessert delivers moist, tender slices with coconut aroma, ideal for celebrations or any occasion where a rich, layered cake is desired.
Prep Time
15 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 15 mins
Servings:
12
servings
Calories:
331 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter unsalted
- 1 1/3 cups sugar
- 2 large egg yolk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 2 1/4 cups cake flour
- 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 6 large egg white
- 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
Coconut Frosting
- 1 teaspoon coconut extract
- buttercream frosting
- 2 cups coconut toasted, shredded
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and butter and flour two 9 inch cake pans.
- To your stand mixer with a paddle attachment add the butter and sugar and beat them together until light and fluffy on medium speed, 2-3 minutes, then add in the egg yolks one at a time 15 seconds apart along with the vanilla then lower the speed to low and add the coconut milk until smooth.
- Sift together the flour, baking powder and salt then add the flour mixture to the stand mixer on low speed until just combined then pour the mixture into a large mixing bowl and clean the stand mixer thoroughly and dry.
- Beat the egg whites and cream of tartar on high speed until they form stiff peaks then fold them carefully into the batter and pour into the baking pans.
- Pour into the cake pans evenly and baked for 30-35 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean.
- Once cakes are cooled frost them with your buttercream frosting, which you will mix with the coconut extract first, then press the toasted coconut against the sides of the cake and sprinkle on top.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
331kcal
(17%)
Carbohydrates
40g
(13%)
Protein
5g
(10%)
Fat
16g
(25%)
Saturated Fat
11g
(55%)
Cholesterol
61mg
(20%)
Sodium
131mg
(5%)
Potassium
179mg
(4%)
Sugar
22g
(44%)
Vitamin A
395IU
(8%)
Vitamin C
0.2mg
(0%)
Calcium
48mg
(5%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 331
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 331kcal | 17% |
| Carbohydrates | 40g | 13% |
| Protein | 5g | 10% |
| Fat | 16g | 25% |
| Saturated Fat | 11g | 55% |
| Cholesterol | 61mg | 20% |
| Sodium | 131mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 179mg | 4% |
| Sugar | 22g | 44% |
| Vitamin A | 395IU | 8% |
| Vitamin C | 0.2mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 48mg | 5% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.