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Coconut Cake

Name: Coconut Cake
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 225g butter, softened; 1 1/2 cups caster sugar; 4 eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1/2 tsp coconut extract; 2 1/2 cups self-raising flour; 1 cup coconut milk; 1 cup desiccated coconut; 225g butter, softened for frosting; 3 cups icing sugar for frosting; 4 tbsp coconut milk for frosting; 1 cup shredded coconut for decoration

A moist, triple coconut American layer cake made with coconut milk and shredded coconut, finished with a fluffy coconut buttercream for a tropical, celebration-worthy dessert.

Total time

55 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

35 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

American

vegetarian

Ingredients

225gbutter, softened

1 1/2 cupscaster sugar

4eggs

1 tspvanilla extract

1/2 tspcoconut extract

2 1/2 cupsself-raising flour

1 cupcoconut milk

1 cupdesiccated coconut

225gbutter, softened for frosting

3 cupsicing sugar for frosting

4 tbspcoconut milk for frosting

1 cupshredded coconut for decoration

Instructions

Beat butter and sugar. Add eggs, vanilla and coconut extract.

Fold in flour, coconut milk and desiccated coconut.

Divide between 2 greased round tins.

Bake at 180°C for 30-35 minutes.

Make frosting: beat butter, icing sugar and coconut milk. Sandwich and frost. Press coconut onto sides.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

1726

Protein

17.5g

Fat

124.2g

Carbs

144.8g

Fiber

Sodium

571mg