This Coconut Cake is one of the best cakes you’ll ever make! It’s light and fluffy, it’s brimming with sweet coconut flavor and it’s finished with a rich and creamy cream cheese frosting. This has been a reader favorite recipe for years and it’s one of my my families favorites!

The Best Coconut Cake Recipe!

I shared this coconut cake four years ago but I figured it was due time that I re-share it in case some of you may have missed out. It’s a recipe book dessert staple!

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This is what I’m planning on making for Christmas dessert and I can’t wait! Some people look forward to gifts, I look forward to cake.

This cake is elegant and sophisticated yet very traditional and simplistic and it’s perfect for the holidays since it’s not only incredibly delicious but it’s so white and snowy looking.

I love that it’s like the cake you remember your grandma serving at family parties growing up. Who doesn’t love a good old fashioned recipe like this? The classics are often the best.

Finally, A Soft and Moist Coconut Cake

This will probably be one of the softest cakes you’ll ever make and you’ll also love that it is incredibly moist (because we all hate a dry cake right?). And it is layered with sweet, natural coconut flavor with every bite, which is complimented perfectly by the light tang of the cream cheese in the frosting.

Good luck saying your only going to have a thin slice. Not gonna happen with this cake. Try it and you’ll see what I mean!

Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah and Kwanzaa too! I hope you have the best holiday week!



Ingredients for Homemade Coconut Cake

Cake flour

Baking powder

Salt

Granulated sugar and powdered sugar

and Unsalted butter

Vegetable oil

Canned coconut milk (don’t use light)

(don’t use light) Whole eggs and egg whites

and Coconut extract and vanilla extract

Cream of tartar

Cream Cheese

Shredded sweetened coconut

How to Make Coconut Cake

Preheat oven and prepare cake pans.

Sift cake flour into a bowl then whisk with baking powder and salt.

In an electric stand mixer cream sugar, butter and canola oil.

Mix in egg yolks and extracts.

Blend in flour mixture in 3 additions alternating with additions of coconut milk.

Seperately whip egg whites with cream of tartar to stif peaks.

Fold 1/3 of the egg whites into cake batter at a time.

Pour batter into cake pans and spread even.

Bake until set, let cool completely then frost and finish with shredded coconut.

Can I Freeze Coconut Cake?

You can freeze the cake layers without the frosting. To do so wrap in foil then store in an airtight container. Let thaw then frost!

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