The real payoff comes at the frosting stage. A cream cheese frosting gets blended with more shredded coconut, some of it toasted golden in butter first, then spread between the layers and stacked on top. Finished with a sprinkle of that toasted coconut, the cake ends up as much about texture as flavor, with crunch, chew and cream all working together in one dessert.
The Rave Reviews coconut cake.
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The cake everyone’s talking about: Lusciously moist and walnut-crunchy, topped by creamy frosting and chewy with fresh-tasting coconut… If you love applause, bake yourself proud with our Rave Reviews coconut cake.
Rave reviews coconut cake with coconut cream cheese frosting
Ingredients
- 1 package yellow cake mix
- 1 small package (4-serving) vanilla flavor instant pudding mix
- 2 cups coconut
- 1-1/3 cups water
- 4 eggs
- 1/4 cup oil
- 1 cup chopped pecans
- 4 Tbsp. butter or margarine
- 2 cups coconut
- 1 (8 oz.) package cream cheese
- 1/2 tsp. vanilla
- 3 tsp. milk
- 3-1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
Instructions
- For the cake: Blend cake mix, pudding mix, water, eggs and oil in large mixer bowl. Beat at medium speed for 4 minutes. Stir in coconut and nuts.
- Pour mixture into 3 greased and floured 9-inch layer caked pans. Bake at 350 degrees for 35 minutes.
- Cool in pans for 15 minutes, remove and cool on wire rack. Fill and top cooled cake layers with Coconut cream cheese frosting.
- For the coconut cream cheese frosting: Melt 2 tablespoons butter in skillet. Add coconut, stirring constantly over low heat until golden brown. Spread on absorbent paper to cool.
- Cream 2 tablespoons butter with cream cheese. Add milk. Beat in sugar gradually. Blend in vanilla. Stir in 1-3/4 cups coconut.
- Spread on top of cooled cake layers. Stack and sprinkle with remaining coconut.
Notes
High altitude areas: Increase water to 1-3/4 cups and add 1/4 cup flour
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 16 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 411Total Fat: 20gSaturated Fat: 9gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 10gCholesterol: 57mgSodium: 373mgCarbohydrates: 54gFiber: 3gSugar: 36gProtein: 5g
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