Best Rum Orange Coconut Cake Recipes

FRESH COCONUT CAKE WITH RUM AND ORANGE FILLING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. Grease the bottom of two 9-inch cake pans. Cut wax paper to fit the bottoms, and grease and flour the wax paper. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolks one at a time. Sift the flour, baking powder, and salt together. Add alternately with milk, beginning and ending with dry ingredients. Whip egg whites until stiff but not dry. Fold into the cake batter along with the grated orange rind. Pour the batter into the pans and bake at 350° for about 25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let the cakes cool in the pans for a few minutes, invert onto rack, and peel off wax paper. ----------------------- Slice the layers in half to get 4 thin layers, prick with a fork, and drizzle with the mixture of orange juice and rum. Set aside. ----------------------- In saucepan, blend sugar with salt and cornstarch until mixture is smooth. Gradually add orange juice and bring to a boil on top of stove. Boil 1 - 2 minutes, remove from heat, and stir in butter, orange rind, and lemon juice. Cool. Spread 1/3 of mixture on first layer; stack second and third layers, repeating process. Add fourth layer. ----------------------- Whip cream until soft peaks form and add rum and sugar. Continue to whip until stiff. Spread over cake and pat shredded coconut onto sides and top. Yields one 4-layer 9-inch cake.

RUM-ORANGE COCONUT CAKE

Steps:

• Combine water & 1/2 cup sugar in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Add orange rind & cook 3 minutes. Drain well. Set orange rind aside for batter & filling. Cream butter; gradually add 2 cups of sugar, beating well at medium speed of an electric mixer. Add egg yolks one at a time, beating well after each addition. Combine flour, baking powder & salt. Add flour mixture to butter mixture alternately with milk, beginning & ending with flour mixture. Beat egg whites (at room temperature) until stiff peaks form; fold egg whites & 2 tablespoons orange rind into batter. Grease two 9" cake pans, line pans with wax paper; grease & flour wax paper. Pour batter into pans; bake at 350 for 25 -30min. Cool 10 min; remove from pans & cool completely on wire racks. Split cake layers in 1/2 horizontally to make 4 layers. Spread Orange Filling between layer; spread Rum Cream on top & sides. Sprinkle w/coconut. Chill. Orange Filling: 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup cornstarch 1/4 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons butter 2 tablespoons lemon juice. Combine sugar, cornstarch and salt in heavy saucepan; gradually stir in orange juice. Bring to a boil; cook over med heat, stirring constantly until thickened. Remove from heat; stir in butter, lemon juice, and 2 T reserved orange rind. Cool. Yield: 1-1/2 cups. Rum Cream 1 cup whipping cream 1/3 cup sugar 2 teaspoons rum Beat whipping cream until soft peaks form. Add sugar and rum; beat until still peaks form. Yield: 2-1/2 cups.