Easy Coconut Sheet Cake

Name: Easy Coconut Sheet Cake
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 20 servings
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon butter; 4 cups all-purpose flour; 2 tablespoons baking powder; 1 ¾ cups white sugar; 3 eggs; 2 cups buttermilk; 1 ¾ cups unsweetened coconut flakes; ½ cup white sugar; 1 ¾ cups heavy whipping cream

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This is my go-to coconut sheet cake when I am entertaining a lot of people or I need to bring something for a potluck. It is made with buttermilk which makes it super moist and delicious and it is very easy to make. Depending on what I am making it for, I either cut it into little square bites or regular-sized coconut cake pieces.

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Recipe Summary

prep:

15 mins

cook:

30 mins

additional:

1 hr

total:

1 hr 45 mins

Servings:

Yield:

20 servings

Nutrition Info

Ingredients

Original recipe yields 20 servings

The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

Sheet Cake:

Topping:

1 ¾ cups unsweetened coconut flakes
½ cup white sugar
1 ¾ cups heavy whipping cream

Directions

Step 1
Preheat oven to 275 degrees F (135 degrees C). Grease a large, rimmed baking sheet with butter.

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Step 2
Mix flour and baking powder in a bowl.
Step 3
Beat 1 3/4 cups sugar and eggs in a large bowl with an electric mixer until well combined. Add flour mixture and buttermilk alternately in 3 or 4 batches, beating after each addition on low speed until well combined. Spread batter onto the prepared baking sheet, smoothing out with a spatula.
Step 4
Mix coconut flakes with 1/2 cup sugar and sprinkle evenly over the batter.
Step 5
Bake in the preheated oven until set and lightly browned, about 30 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately pour heavy cream all over the cake while cake is still hot. Cool completely for about 1 hour, then cut into squares or rectangles.

Tips

The original recipe is in metric - if you have a scale, measure out 500 g flour, 350 g sugar, and 500 ml buttermilk for the cake and 150 g coconut, 100 g sugar, and 400 ml cream for the topping.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

329 calories; protein 5.2g; carbohydrates 45.7g; fat 14.6g; cholesterol 55.6mg; sodium 196.8mg. Full Nutrition

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barbara

10/04/2017

Great cake! everybody loved is and baking time was right. I was surprised, too, at the low baking temperature, but cake came out great. Cake is fairly thin and light, so baked through great and if oven temperature is higher, the coconut would burn

pat

02/27/2018

I won't make this again because it is bland. Maybe a little vanilla would be helpful.

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barbara

10/04/2017

pat

02/27/2018

I won't make this again because it is bland. Maybe a little vanilla would be helpful.

jessiez

09/06/2019

This recipe is absolutely delicious. I accidentally left off the last part once, forgetting to pour the cream over the top, but it still went fast at an outdoor party. YUM!!

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