OMG! Coconut Pound Cake

3.9
12 Ratings

ChefJune

Test Kitchen-Approved
OMG! Coconut Pound Cake

Photo by James Ransom

Serves
One 10-inch tube (or bundt) cake, or two 9x5-inch loaf cakes
Prep Time
15 Minutes
Cook Time
1 Hour 10 Minutes

This irresistible pound cake is so easy and so luscious, everyone who meets it falls in love. I think I’ll be remembered for this recipe whether or not I want to be. It has become my favorite cake, and it’s most requested by my favorite person to cook for.


Ingredients

Cake

  • 1 pound unsalted butter
  • 2 cup organic cane sugar
  • 2 cup organic unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 6 extra-large eggs
  • 7 ounce shredded, unsweetened coconut (I get it at the health food store)
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract (I use Nielsen-Massey)
  • 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt

Glaze

  • 1 cup organic cane sugar
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla or almond extract

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Directions

Cake

  • Step 1

    Heat the oven to 350 degrees. Make sure the rack is in the center of the oven. Grease and flour a 10-inch tube pan. (I use a bundt pan. You can also use two 9x5 loaf pans.)

  • Step 2

    Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy (“as a shampooed cat”).

  • Step 3

    Add one cup flour and beat some more.

  • Step 4

    Meanwhile, add the vanilla to the eggs (in a separate bowl). Then add eggs one at a time to batter, beating well after each addition.

  • Step 5

    Now mix the coconut with the remaining one cup flour and the sea salt. Add to batter, using a wooden spoon to incorporate. Pour into pan(s).

  • Step 6

    Bake about 45 minutes to one hour. Test with a cake tester or long toothpick to be sure it comes out clean when inserted in the center of the cake. (If it doesn’t come out clean, leave it in a few minutes longer!)

Glaze

  • Step 1

    Combine sugar and water and simmer for 10 minutes. Remove from heat and add extract. Your glaze is now ready.

  • Step 2

    When cake comes out of the oven, poke holes through cake with skewers and pour on glaze while cake is warm. Don’t remove the cake from the pan until it is completely cool.

  • Step 3

    Teacher’s Tip: This cake is best 24 hours after baking. But it generally can't make it until then, so bake two and eat one warm and hold the other until the magic 24 hours are up!

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