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Default Need Recipe for Coconut Cake - with Coconut *in* the Cake (not the Frosting or Filling)

"Anne P. Mitchell, Esq." > wrote in
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> Hey guys!
>
> Our son's birthday is coming up and he really wants a coconut cake - but
> it has to be coconut _in_ the cake itself (and it has to release well
> from a pan - as we are doing a character cake - this is why it has to be
> in the cake, and not the frosting/filling [although, if anybody has any
> recipes for a coconut frosting which is smooth and pipes well that'd be
> great too! - I'm assuming it would have coconut milk in it because any
> other coconut product would produce a non-smooth frosting].
>
> Hmm...coconut butter cream frosting...? :-)
>
> Thanks!
>
> Anne



Got these from RFR, perhaps they'll give you a start.

BUTTERMILK COCONUT CAKE

4 eggs, beaten
2 cup sugar
1 cup buttermilk
2 cup flour
2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 cup Crisco oil
1 1/2 cup coconut
1 1/2 tsp. coconut flavoring

Mix well together and pour into a greased Bundt pan. Bake at 325 degrees
for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. --TOPPING:--
Boil together 1 cup sugar and 1/2 cup water for 5 minutes. Add 1 teaspoon
of coconut flavoring. Pour over hot cake and leave for 10 minutes before
removing from pan. Serve with whipped cream if desired.



COCONUT POUND CAKE

1 cup (2 sticks) butter
3 cup sugar
3 cup plain flour
1 cup milk
1 (14 oz.) pkg. Angel Flake coconut
2/3 cup shortening (Crisco)
6 eggs
1 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. coconut flavoring

Cream butter, shortening and sugar until fluffy; add eggs. Beat well.
Add
flour, baking powder and milk alternately to egg mixture. Beat well; add
flavoring and beat. Fold in 1/2 of package of coconut. Place in tube
pan.
Bake at 300 degrees for 1 hour and 30 minutes. (Be sure to use real
butter.) Cool in pan.


--FROSTING:--

1/2 cup (1 stick) margarine
1 box powdered sugar, sifted
4 tbsp. milk

Melt margarine; add milk and powdered sugar. Add 1/2 package of Angel
Flake coconut. Stir to spreading consistency. If too stiff, add more
milk,
1 teaspoon at a time. Spread on cake.


COCONUT CAKE

1 cup rolled oats (Mother's Oats)
1 1/2 cup boiling water
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup light brown sugar
2 eggs, unbeaten
1 1/2 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. vanilla

Pour boiling water over oats, stir, and let stand. Mix together:
butter,
sugar, light brown sugar, and eggs. Whip up oats, and add to second
mixture. Sift together: flour, cinnamon, and baking soda. Add to above
mixture. To beaten mixture add 1 teaspoon vanilla. Pour in cake pan(s).
Either use 13 x 9 inch pan or 2 (9 inch) pans. Bake in 325 degree oven
for
at least 45 minutes or until tested done.


--TOPPING FOR CAKE:--

1/3 cup milk
1/4 lb. butter (or margarine)
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup nuts, chopped
1 cup coconut

Spread this mixture on cake after removing from oven. Place under
broiler. Remove when topping is browned, be careful not to burn. Takes
about 5 to 8 minutes in 400 degree broiler.



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