Best Simple Coconut Cake Recipes

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SIMPLE COCONUT CAKE



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This simple cake is one of my favorite recipes, because I love coconut. The recipe has been mostly eyeing the ingredients so I tried to make the recipe. This has been in my family for years.

Provided by Buckets223

Categories     Desserts     Cakes     Coconut Cake Recipes

Time 50m

Yield 16

Number Of Ingredients 6

1 ½ cups shredded coconut
1 cup white sugar
2 cups all-purpose flour
2 eggs, room temperature
½ cup milk, or more as needed
¼ cup simple syrup, or to taste

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
  • Whisk coconut and sugar together in a bowl. Sift in flour and whisk to combine. Make a well in the middle of the mixture and set aside.
  • Whisk eggs together in a small bowl and pour into the well in the flour mixture. Add enough milk to reach a slightly thickened, but runny, texture. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown on top and a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes.
  • Remove from the oven and let cool for 20 minutes. Pour simple syrup over cake before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 183.5 calories, Carbohydrate 29.2 g, Cholesterol 21.1 mg, Fat 6.5 g, Fiber 1.8 g, Protein 3.2 g, SaturatedFat 5.3 g, Sodium 14.5 mg, Sugar 13.6 g

SIMPLE AND DECADENT COCONUT CAKE



SIMPLE AND DECADENT COCONUT CAKE image

Categories     Cake     Fruit     Dessert     Bake     Easter     Quick & Easy

Yield 12 Large Squares

Number Of Ingredients 5

1 box yellow cake mix
1 can sweetened condensed milk
1 can cream of coconut
1 bag angel flake coconut
1 large container frozen whipped topping, or a pint of whipping cream, whipped and sweetened with sugar

Steps:

  • Bake cake as directed on box for a 13x9 pan let cake cool in pan, then punch holes in cake with the round end of wooden spoon. Mix cream of coconut and sweetened condensed milk together and pour over cake making sure it goes through the holes in the cake. Keep in the refrigerator and when ready to serve, cover the cake with flake coconut, then spread the frozen whipped topping or whipped cream over on top of the cake. Optional garnish: Spinkle toasted coconut on top of the whipped cream/topping.

SIMPLE COCONUT CAKE



Simple Coconut Cake image

I searched for a long time to find a coconut cake that was simple and didn't have a million little ingredients, in the end I just made up my own, I hope you like the result. This cake is very miost and goes swimmingly with an orange glaze or any other variations you can think up. Enjoy!

Provided by Liz 8

Categories     < 60 Mins

Time 45m

Yield 1 cake, 6-8 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 7

1/2 cup oil
1 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup flour
1 cup desiccated coconut
1 cup coconut milk
3 teaspoons baking powder

Steps:

  • Pre-heat oven to 180°c (fan forced) and line a cake tin with baking paper.
  • Simply combine all ingredients in a bowl and pour into cake tin.
  • Bake in oven for aprox. 35min or until top springs back when touched lightly in the centre.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 544.3, Fat 32.7, SaturatedFat 14.2, Cholesterol 70.5, Sodium 261.5, Carbohydrate 59.9, Fiber 2.2, Sugar 41.9, Protein 6

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