Step-by-Step Guide to Make Super Quick Homemade Coconut Cake

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, coconut cake. One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Coconut Cake is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s easy, it’s quick, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Coconut Cake is something which I have loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook coconut cake using 15 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Coconut Cake:

1. Make ready 2 1/2 cups All-Purpose Flour
2. Make ready 1 cup Sweetened Shredded Coconut
3. Make ready 1/2 tsp Salt
4. Prepare 2 tsp Baking Powder
5. Prepare 1 cup Unsalted Butter, softened at room temperature
6. Take 1/4 cup Coconut Oil
7. Get 1 cup Sugar
8. Make ready 4 large eggs
9. Prepare 2 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
10. Get 1 cup Buttermilk
11. Get For the Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting:
12. Make ready 8 oz. Cream Cheese, softened at room temperature
13. Get 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter, softened at room temperature
14. Prepare 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
15. Get 2 cups Powdered Sugar

Instructions to make Coconut Cake:

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F and spray a 9 inch spring form pan with non-stick spray and set aside. You can also make this cake in a 10 inch Bundt Cake pan.
2. In a small bowl, mix together the flour, baking powder, salt and set aside.
3. In the bowl of your electric mixer (or with a hand mixer), beat together the  butter, sugar and coconut oil until light and fluffy. Add the eggs one at a time, vanilla extract and continue to mix until all the ingredients are well incorporated.
4. Pour the buttermilk and beat until combined. Slowly add the dry ingredients and mix it all together until it’s incorporated. Gently fold in the shredded coconut.
5. Pour the batter into the prepared pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean, for about 45 minutes.  Allow the cake to cool completely before frosting.
6. For the frosting, in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat cream cheese, butter and vanilla extract until well blended. Slowly add powered sugar and continue to mix until smooth.
7. Once the cake has completely cooled, spread the top and the sides of the cake with frosting, and top it with flaked coconut.

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