Best Toasted Coconut Pound Cake Recipes

TOASTED COCONUT POUND CAKE WITH MANGO-LIME SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter two 5-by-9-inch loaf pans. Combine flour and salt in a bowl.
• Cream butter and sugar with a mixer on high speed until pale and fluffy, for 8 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl. Reduce speed to medium, and add vanilla extract.
• Lightly beat eggs, and add to mixer bowl in 4 additions, mixing thoroughly after each and scraping down sides. Reduce speed to low, and add flour mixture in 4 additions, mixing until just incorporated. Fold sweetened shredded coconut into finished batter. Divide batter between pans. Tap on counter to distribute; smooth tops. Before baking, sprinkle additional coconut over each cake; tent with foil.
• Bake until a tester inserted into center of each cake comes out clean, about 65 minutes. Let cool in pans on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire rack.
• Make mango-lime sauce: Puree chopped mango,lime juice,sugar,and a pinch of saltin a food processor until smooth. Top with diced mangoand lime zest.

TOASTED BUTTER PECAN COCONUT POUND CAKE W/FROSTING

Steps:

• 1. PLEASE NOTE: These were my notes for this cake. This cake will require some time & patience to make, but your family and friends will thank you for your efforts. I baked this cake a day in advance, then took it to Ohio, and made the frosting and put it all together. If you do Not have a really large bundt pan you may need to bake it in two smaller ones. The frosting is enough for one large cake, or make one and a half times the frosting recipe for a layer cake or if you make two smaller ones. I USED A 30 CUP CAPACITY BUNDT PAN TO MAKE THIS CAKE.
• 2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Place pecans on a shallow long pan, spreading out, and toast for 10 to 15 minutes. Chop to a medium coarse size and set aside till needed.
• 3. Measure and sift flour into a medium size bowl.
• 4. Add the butter scotch pudding and stir to blend.
• 5. Add salt, baking powder, & blend together. Set aside till needed.
• 6. Separate eggs into 2 separate bowls. Beat egg whites till stiff peaks form. If it is cloudy or rainy you may not get very stiff peaks. Set aside till needed.
• 7. In a large mixing bowl with the paddle attachment, add the softened butter, and both sugars, and beat till creamy and can no longer see the sugar granules in the mixture.
• 8. Add the egg yolks one at a time, and the vanilla bean paste, or extract and butter pecan flavoring, beating well after each addition, for about 15 minutes till mixture is light creamy and pale yellow in color.
• 9. In a separate small bowl add the coconut and 2 cups of the toasted chopped pecans, blend together and set aside till needed.
• 10. Add the sour cream to the creamy mixture and beat till blended, about 5 minutes. Then gradually add the flour in 3 separate intervals, beating well till it is blended together.
• 11. Now add the Coconut Nut mixture, & blend until it is mixed well into the cake batter.
• 12. Now remove beaters and finish mixing by hand, using a large spatula, or spoon. May need to switch to a larger bowl.
• 13. Fold egg whites into the cake batter with the spatula or spoon, by going from top of batter to bottom of pan all the while gradually turning to bowl as you go to get the egg white to mix with the batter. REMEMBER YOU ARE INCORPORATING AIR INTO THE CAKE BATTER TO HELP IT TO RISE AND MAKE IT LIGHTER, SO FOLDING IS VERY IMPORTANT.
• 14. Prep Baking pan with Baker's Joy (a blend of cooking spray and flour in a can) or USE BUTTER AND FLOUR TO DUST AND COAT THE CAKE PAN.
• 15. Add cake batter and bake in 325 degrees F. oven for 1 hour & 20 minutes or 1 hour and 30 minutes till tooth pick inserted into cake comes out clean. Add additional minutes in 5 to 10 minutes intervals till cake is done. Let cake sit in pan for 10 minutes till cake pulls away from sides of cake pan, then invert onto a baking rack to cool completely, and transfer to a serving platter.
• 16. To make the frosting cream the butter, cream cheese and powdered sugar together till creamy then all the other ingredients EXCEPT for milk, and beat to blend. Then add the milk one tablespoon at a time, and blend together till desired spreading consistency is reached. This is enough frosting to frost 1 large pound cake, Make 1 1/2 times the recipe if you bake in two separate pans. Frost and garnish cake as desired.
• 17. Slice serve and enjoy, you will probably be asked for the recipe, so be prepared. You can serve this cake with Pride. It is awesome. Another recipe that is great for a special occasion.

TOASTED COCONUT POUND CAKE WITH MANGO-LIME SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Butter two 5-by-9-inch loaf pans. Combine flour and salt in a bowl.
• Cream butter and sugar with a mixer on high speed until pale and fluffy, for 8 minutes. Scrape down sides of bowl. Reduce speed to medium, and add vanilla extract.
• Lightly beat eggs, and add to mixer bowl in 4 additions, mixing thoroughly after each and scraping down sides. Reduce speed to low, and add flour mixture in 4 additions, mixing until just incorporated. Fold sweetened shredded coconut into finished batter. Divide batter between pans. Tap on counter to distribute; smooth tops. Before baking, sprinkle additional coconut over each cake; tent with foil.
• Bake until a tester inserted into center of each cake comes out clean, about 65 minutes. Let cool in pans on a wire rack for 30 minutes. Remove from pans, and let cool completely on wire rack.
• Make mango-lime sauce: Puree chopped mango, lime juice, sugar, and a pinch of salt in a food processor until smooth. Top with diced mango and lime zest.

TOASTED COCONUT MACADAMIA POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Make pound cake:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. and butter and flour a 10-inch (3 quart) bundt pan.
• Spread coconut in a shallow baking pan and toast in middle of oven, stirring occasionally and watching carefully to avoid burning, until golden, 10 to 12 minutes. Transfer coconut to a bowl and cool. Spread nuts in pan and toast in middle of oven until pale golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Cool nuts and chop coarse.
• In a bowl with an electric mixer beat together butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy and beat in cream cheese. Add eggs, 1 at a time, beating well after each addition, and beat in vanilla. Sift flour, baking powder, and salt into bowl and beat just until combined well. Stir in coconut and chopped nuts.
• Spread batter evenly in pan and bake in middle of oven 1 hour to 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until tester comes out clean. Cool cake in pan on a rack 5 minutes and invert onto rack.
• Make glaze:
• In a small heavy saucepan bring water with sugar to a boil, stirring until sugar is dissolved. Stir in rum.
• Brush hot glaze evenly over outside of warm cake until absorbed. Cool cake completely.

TOASTED COCONUT POUND CAKE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Grease and flour a loaf pan.
• Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt.
• In a large mixing bowl with paddle attachment, beat butter and granulated sugar on medium-high until light and fluffy, scraping down bowl as needed.
• Add vanilla, then eggs, one at a time, beating well and scraping down bowl.
• With mixer on low, add flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with two 1/2-cup additions buttermilk, and beat until combined.
• With a rubber spatula, fold in 1 1/4 cups coconut.
• Transfer batter to pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, 60 minutes.
• Let cool in pan the remove cake from pan and let cool completely on rack.
• Whisk together confectioners' sugar and remaining 2 tablespoons buttermilk. Drizzle over cake and sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup coconut.

TOASTED COCONUT POUND CAKE RECIPE - (4.4/5)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a loaf pan. Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. In a large mixing bowl with paddle attachment, beat butter and granulated sugar on medium-high until light and fluffy, scraping down bowl as needed. Add vanilla, then eggs, one at a time, beating well and scraping down bowl. With mixer on low, add flour mixture in 3 additions, alternating with two 1/2-cup additions buttermilk, and beat until combined. With a rubber spatula, fold in 1 1/4 cups coconut. Transfer batter to pan and bake until a toothpick inserted in center comes out with a few moist crumbs attached, 60 minutes. Let cool in pan the remove cake from pan and let cool completely on rack. Whisk together confectioners' sugar and remaining 2 tablespoons buttermilk. Drizzle over cake and sprinkle with remaining 1/4 cup coconut.