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Coconut Pound Cake
Janie Carter
"My grandchildren love this recipe for a coconut-flavored pound cake."
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Ingredients
1 h 25 m servings 438 calsOriginal recipe yields 14 servings (1 -10 inch tube pan)
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- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan.
- In a large bowl, cream together 2 cups sugar and the butter. Fold in the eggs one at a time, fully incorporating each one before adding another.
- In separate bowl, mix the flour, baking powder, milk, flaked coconut, and 1 teaspoon coconut extract. Beat into the creamed mixture. Pour the batter into the prepared pan.
- Bake 1 hour in the preheated oven, or until a knife inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool on a wire rack for just a few minutes, then place on cake platter.
- To make the glaze, mix together in a small saucepan 1 cup sugar, water, 1 teaspoon coconut extract, and walnuts. Boil for 1 minute, and pour over still warm cake.
Nutrition Facts
Per Serving: 438 calories; 20 g fat; 61.4 g carbohydrates; 5.4 g protein; 102 mg cholesterol; 195 mg sodium. Full nutrition
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Most helpful positive review
6/5/2001
Great cake! I just didn't like the glaze - I would definitely make this cake again, just using a powdered sugar glaze instead. Thanks for the recipe!!
Most helpful critical review
1/23/2005
this cake did not turn out good for me. Don't know what went wrong but the cake had a hard crust on the outside and was not moist.
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6/5/2001
Great cake! I just didn't like the glaze - I would definitely make this cake again, just using a powdered sugar glaze instead. Thanks for the recipe!!
6/22/2009
This is just like my grandmother's cake with a few exceptions - her recipe calls for crisco instead of butter, buttermilk in place of the milk, more coconut extract (a tablespoon), and no nuts i...
1/13/2002
Yum! This cake is even better the day after it's baked. The crunchiness that the glaze adds is unexpected, but welcome. Definitely a keeper. My only suggestion would be to add a little more coco...
6/16/2010
GREAT cake! I did make some modifications to the glaze. 1/4 c. coconut rum 2 T. Butter 1 c. sugar Pour half of the glaze back into the bundt pan, put the cake back in the pan. Pour the remainin...
6/14/2000
My whole family loved this cake. We love coconut and this just hit the spot. I will definitely make this again and again.
3/28/2008
This recipe turned out great! I didn't add extra coconut to the cake but I did add a little more coconut extract to the glaze. Yummo!
11/8/2001
Delicious coconut cake. It has just the right amount of sweetness and it's moist.
4/25/2000
This was delicious. I left out the nuts and the glaze was still wonderful. Great with fruit topping.